The point bein' even in the contest between man and steer, the issue is not certain.

No Country for Old Men

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Man and animals

Speaker

Ed Tom Bell

Actor

Tommy Lee Jones

Source

No Country for Old Men

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime thriller (film) Thriller (film) Crime thriller Thriller

Language

English

Time

2007 2000s 21st century

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Citation

No Country for Old Men. Directed by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Scott Rudin Productions/Mike Zoss Productions, 2007.

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A prince being thus obliged to know well how to act as a beast must imitate the fox and the lion, for the lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.

Niccolo Machiavelli

The Prince

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Topic
Man and animals

Author

Niccolo Machiavelli
Source
The Prince
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Political literature Philosophical literature
Language
Italian
Time
1532 1530s 16th century
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Original Citation

Machiavelli, Niccolò. Il Principe [The Prince]. Rome: Antonio Blado d'Asola, 1532.

Current Citation

Machiavelli, Nicolò. The Prince, translated by Peter Bondanella. Oxford University Press, 2005.