Quotation Explorer - 'Defenceless'

DEFENCELESS, adj. Unable to attack. - Ambrose Bierce
So as a prince is forced to know how to act like a beast, he must learn from the fox and the lion; becouse the lion is defenceless against traps and the fox is defenceless against wolves. Therefore one must be a fox in order to recognise traps and lion to frighten off wolves.
Plucking a flower and giving it to someone is not an act of kindness; it is a behaviour of killing a defenceless fragile beauty for the sake of our own interest! - Mehmet Murat ildan
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