Beast

Famous quotes containing the word beast:

“Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.”
—Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)

““Our snowstorms as a rule
Aren’t looked on as man-killers, and although
I’d rather be the beast that sleeps the sleep
Under it all, his door sealed up and lost,
Than the man fighting it to keep above it,
Yet think of the small birds at roost and not
In nests....””
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“I’ve become convinced that every person should treat himself strictly and even rudely and distrustfully; it’s difficult to tame the beast in oneself.”
—Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (1818–1883)