Sheep Quotes
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Upon the first goblet he read this inscription, monkey wine; upon the second, lion wine; upon the third, sheep wine; upon the fourth, swine wine. These four inscriptions expressed the four descending degrees of drunkenness: the first, that which enlivens; the second, that which irritates; the third, that which stupefies; finally the last, that which brutalizes.
Victor Hugo
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It’s a good thing that the sheep are all so law abiding.
Ben Aaronovitch
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An army of sheep led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by a sheep.
Alexander III of Russia
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Women, when they have made a sheep of a man, always tell him that he is a lion with a will of iron.
Honore de Balzac
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Sleep, baby, sleep. Thy father's watching the sheep. Thy mother's shaking the dreamland tree, and down drops a little dream for thee.
Elizabeth Prentiss
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Tis a dainty thing to command, though 'twere but a flock of sheep.
Miguel de Cervantes
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A relative of mine ... spends his time producing improved breeds of sheep and pigs and chickens. So patronising and irritating to teh Almighty, I should think.
Hector Hugh Munro