Quote#Wisdom
The lion is not so fierce as painted
Quote byThomas Fuller · 1608–1661
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Holy State and the Profane State (1642), Of Preferment. Compare: "is bark is worse than his bite", George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum.
English (original)
The lion is not so fierce as painted.
— Thomas Fuller
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