“The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one, but that is the best of all.”
“The fox knows many tricks; the hedgehog one good one.”
“The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”
“Madame Michel has the elegance of the hedgehog: on the outside she is covered in quills, a real fortress, but my gut feeling is that on the inside, she has the same simple refinement as the hedgehog: a deceptively indolent little creature, fiercely solitary--and terrible elegant. ”
“The climber, like a fox which is hard-pressed, should always have one more trick in his bag.”