Lots of people talk to animals. Not very many listen though. That's the problem.

Benjamin Hoff

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Man and animals

Author

Benjamin Hoff

Genre

Children's literature

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Children's book author Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Hoff, Benjamin. "Spelling Tuesday." The Tao of Pooh. E. P. Dutton, 1982.

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A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.

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Source
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Machiavelli, Niccolò. Il Principe [The Prince]. Rome: Antonio Blado d'Asola, 1532.

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Machiavelli, Nicolò. The Prince, translated by Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2005.