Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Edward Topsell

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English author Edward Topsell.
Last updated on December 19, 2024.
Edward Topsell

Edward Topsell was an English cleric and author best remembered for his bestiary.

English - Author | 1572 - 1625
Some learned writers . . . have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram . . . because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayl, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.
Among all the kinds of serpents, there is none comparable to the Dragon.
Once cats were all wild, but afterward they retired to houses. — © Edward Topsell
Once cats were all wild, but afterward they retired to houses.
There is no creature among all the Beasts of the world which hath so great and ample demonstration of the power and wisdom of almighty God as the Elephant.
God himself must needs be traduced, if there is no unicorn in the world.
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