Oriole/description

Famous quotes containing the words oriole and/or description:

“The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole lurking behind it.”
—Chinese proverb.

“The great object in life is Sensation—to feel that we exist, even though in pain; it is this “craving void” which drives us to gaming, to battle, to travel, to intemperate but keenly felt pursuits of every description whose principal attraction is the agitation inseparable from their accomplishment.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)