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Anger seeks its prey,— Something to tear with sharp-edged tooth and claw, Likes not to go off hungry, leaving Love To feast on milk and honeycomb at will.
Anger seeks its prey,— Something to tear with sharp-edged tooth and claw, Likes not to go off hungry, leaving Love To feast on milk and honeycomb at will.
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 27 · quotation 16 · George Eliot · Spanish Gypsy. Bk. I.
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