“Cathy, this lamb of yours threatens like a bull!”
he said. "It is in danger of splitting its skull against my knuckles. By God, Mr. Linton, I'm mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down!"
Heathcliff (Ch. XI).
Wuthering Heights (1847)
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English novelist and poet 1818–1848Related quotes

“I know an Englishman,
Being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.”
Alphonsus, Emperor of Germany (1654), Act I, scene ii, lines 208–209. Attributed, probably falsely, to Chapman. Perhaps by George Peele.
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“I've always liked, someday the lamb will lay by the lion…. but it won't get much sleep.”
Act II
A Man for All Seasons (1960)