'Tis not my fault: the boar provok'd my tongue;
Be wreak'd on him, invisible commander;
'Tis he, foul creature, that hath done thee wrong;
I did but act, he's author of thy slander:
Grief hath two tongues, and never woman yet
Could rule them both without ten women's wit.
Quotes about boar (9 Quotes)
Lie quietly, and hear a little more;
Nay, do not struggle, for thou shalt not rise:
To make thee hate the hunting of the boar,
Unlike myself thou hear'st me moralize,
Applying this to that, and so to so;
For love can comment upon every woe.
A boar is often held by a not-so-large dog. A cane non magno saepe tenetur aper.
I prophesy they death, my living sorrow,
If thou encounter with the boar to-morrow.
A boar makes the rite useless by inhaling the smell of the offerings , a cock by the air of his wings, a dog by throwing his eye on them , a low caste man by touching them .
The earth holds the fool and holds the wise, endures that good and bad dwell (upon her) she keeps company with the boar, gives herself up to the wild hog.
Because it's better than doing nothing. A wild boar charges you and you shoot four of the six shots in your gun at it and it doesn't fall. Do you look at your gun philosophically and think, the first four shots didn't work, why bother
And, being open'd, threw unwilling light
Upon the wide wound that the boar had trench'd
In his soft flank; whose wonted lily white
With purple tears, that his wound wept, was drench'd:
No flower was nigh, no grass, herb, leaf, or weed,
But stole his blood and seem'd with him to bleed.
Quarreling over food and drink, having neither scruples nor shame, not knowing right from wrong, not trying to avoid death or injury, not fearful of greater strength or of greater numbers, greedily aware only of food and drink - such is the bravery of the dog and boar.