Spotted Hyena/relationships With Humans

Famous quotes containing the words spotted, hyena and/or humans:

    “Two feathered guests from Alabama, two together,
    And their nest, and four light-green eggs spotted with brown,
    And every day the he-bird to and fro near at hand,
    And every day the she-bird crouched on her nest, silent, with bright
    eyes,
    And every day I, a curious boy, never too close, never disturbing
    them,
    Cautiously peering, absorbing, translating.”
    —Walt Whitman (1819–1892)

    “There’s always the hyena of morality at the garden gate, and the real wolf at the end of the street.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “The difference between humans and wild animals is that humans pray before they commit murder.”
    —Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)