Famous quotes containing the words fox, head and/or tavern:
“Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.”
—Charles James Fox (1749–1806)
“It is better to be the head of the chicken than the tail of an ox.”
—Chinese proverb.
“Who keeps the tavern and serves up the drinks? The peasant. Who squanders and drinks up money belonging to the peasant commune, the school, the church? The peasant. Who would steal from his neighbor, commit arson, and falsely denounce another for a bottle of vodka? The peasant.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)