Famous quotes containing the words fox, head and/or tavern:
“Many scraps make a lot; fox furs, sewn together, make a fine robe.”
—Chinese proverb.
“But when his horse had put its hoof
Into a rabbit hole
He dropped upon his head and died.
His lady saw it all
And dropped and died thereon, for she
Loved him with her soul.”
—William Butler Yeats (18651939)
“The tavern will compare favorably with the church. The church is the place where prayers and sermons are delivered, but the tavern is where they are to take effect, and if the former are good, the latter cannot be bad.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)