Famous quotes containing the words tail and/or feathers:
“The tiger in the tiger-pit
Is not more irritable than I.
The whipping tail is not more still
Than when I smell the enemy
Writhing in the essential blood
Or dangling from the friendly tree.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“Too many feathers can sink a boat, and too many knick-knacks can break an axle.”
—Chinese proverb.