“If it be the design of Providence to extirpate these savages in order to make room for the cultivation of the earth, it seems not improbable that rum may be the appointed means.”
Benjamin Franklin
“It is only the savage, whether of the African bush or of the American gospel tent, who pretends to know the will and intent of God exactly and completely.”
Henry Louis Mencken
“We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.”
Mark Twain
“Breed not a savage dog, nor permit a loose stairway”
The Talmud
“The mere athlete becomes too much of a savage”
Plato
“Nobody was really surprised when it happened, not really, not on the subconscious level where savage things grow.”
Stephen King
“So geographers, in Africa maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er uninhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns”
Jonathan Swift
