Wolf/etymology

Famous quotes containing the words wolf and/or etymology:

    A wolf will walk a thousand miles to eat people: a dog half way to heaven will still eat dung.
    Chinese proverb.

    The universal principle of etymology in all languages: words are carried over from bodies and from the properties of bodies to express the things of the mind and spirit. The order of ideas must follow the order of things.
    Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)