
“Many refined people will not kill a fly, but eat an ox.”
Taanis Gedanken, 1896. Alle Verk, xii. 77.
Silent Equality http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21405/Silent_Equality
From the poems written in English
“Many refined people will not kill a fly, but eat an ox.”
Taanis Gedanken, 1896. Alle Verk, xii. 77.
As quoted in Behold the Second Horseman (2005), by Joseph Lumpkin, p. 53.
“You cannot kill a breeze, a wind, a fragrance; you cannot kill a dream or an ambition.”
Sammy Keyes to Marissa Mackenzie, Sammy Keyes and the Curse of Mustache Mary (2000)
Is Formal Marriage Out of Fashion? Interview with Communications Director of the World Congress of Families Don Feder https://youth-time.eu/don-feder-communications-director-of-the-world-congress-of-families/ (November 15, 2014)
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/saraceno/2005-06-12-saraceno-tyson_x.htm
On boxing
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 7.