Swine Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

8 Swine Quotes
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“Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.”
Bible Quotes
Source: Matthew (ch. VII, v. 6)
“Shear swine, all cry and no wool.”
Samuel Butler (1) Quotes
Source: Hudibras (pt. I, canto I, l. 852)
“You have a wrong sow by the ear.”
Samuel Butler (1) Quotes
Source: Hudibras (pt. II, canto III, l. 580)
“You may see me, fat and shining, with well-cared for hide, . . . a hog from Epicurus' herd. [Lat., Me pinguem et nitidum bene curata cute vises, . . . Epicuri de grege porcum.]”
Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) Quotes
Source: Epistles (bk. I, IV, 15, 16)
“The fattest hog in Epicurus' sty.”
William Mason Quotes
Source: Heroic Epistle
“Then on the grounde Togyder rounde With manye a sadde stroke, They roll and rumble, They turne and tumble, As pigges do in a poke.”
Sir Thomas More Quotes
Source: How a Sergeant would learn to Playe the Frere
“How instinct varies in the grov'lling swine, Compar'd, half-reasoning elephant, with thine! 'Twixt that and reason what a nice barrier! Forever sep'rate, yet forever near!”
Alexander Pope Quotes
Source: Essay on Man (ep. I, l. 221)
“The hog that ploughs not, not obeys thy call, Lives on the labours of this lord of all.”
Alexander Pope Quotes
Source: Essay on Man (ep. III, l. 41)