Savage

Famous quotes containing the word savage:

“There was nothing but that savage ocean between us and Europe.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“As a thinker and planner, the ant is the equal of any savage race of men; as a self-educated specialist in several arts, she is the superior of any savage race of men; and in one or two high mental qualities she is above the reach of any man, savage or civilized.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

“Stand close around,ye Stygian set,
With Dirce in one boat convey’d,
Or Charon, seeing, may forget
That he is old, and she a shade.”
—Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)