“I'd rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.”
“I would rather be the head of a fly than the tail of a lion.”
“It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.”
“January worked harder than a stump-tailed cow during fly time...”
“But I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you.”
“He would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.”