Famous quotes containing the words slaughter, living and/or creatures:
“Once I went so far as to slaughter a woodchuck which ravaged my bean-field,—effect his transmigration, as a Tartar would say,—and devour him, partly for experiment’s sake; but though it afforded me a momentary enjoyment, notwithstanding a musky flavor, I saw that the longest use would not make that a good practice, however it might seem to have your woodchucks ready dressed by the village butcher.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.”
—Voltaire [François Marie Arouet] (1694–1778)
“Few, if any, creatures are equally active all night.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)