# The Lion, Lamb, Fox, and Wolf: Shakespeare's Timon on Life's Harsh Realities

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## Author

- **Name**: Shamus 
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## Content

Excerpt from Timon of Athens by William Shakespeare. 

If thou wert the lion, the fox would beguile thee; if thou wert the lamb, the fox would eat thee; if thou wert the fox the lion would suspect thee, when peradventure thou wert accused by the [donkey]: if thou wert the [donkey], thy dullness would torment thee, and still thou livedst but as breakfast to the wolf; if thou wert the wolf, thy greediness would afflict thee, and often thou shouldst hazard thy life for thy dinner; wert thou the unicorn, pride and wrath would confound thee and make thine own self the conquest of thy fury; wert thou a bear, though wouldst be killed by the horse; wert thou a horse, thou wouldst be seized by the leopard... What beast couldst thou be, that were not subject to a beast?

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