# Wild Animals I Have Known

- Author: [Ernest Thompson Seton](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-thompson-seton.md)
- Quotes: 3
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-thompson-seton/wild-animals-i-have-known

## Quotes

> A lion shorn of his strength, an eagle robbed of his freedom, or a dove bereft of his mate, all die, it is said, of a broken heart; and who will aver that this grim bandit could bear the three-fold brunt, heart-whole? This only I know, that when the morning dawned, he was lying there still in his position of calm repose, his body unwounded, but his spirit was gone — the old King-wolf was dead.

p. 53 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-thompson-seton/wild-animals-i-have-known/a-lion-shorn.md)

> Next day on returning I found him dead in the snow with his head on the sill of the door — the door of his puppyhood's days; my dog to the last in his heart of hearts — it was my help he sought, and vainly sought, in the hour of his bitter extremity.

p. 182 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-thompson-seton/wild-animals-i-have-known/next-day-on-returning.md)

> Crows know the value of organization, and are as well drilled as soldiers — very much better than some soldiers, in fact, for crows are always on duty, always at war, and always dependent on each other for life and safety.

p. 63 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ernest-thompson-seton/wild-animals-i-have-known/crows-know-the.md)