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Beast

(noun) Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.

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"The angel is free because of his knowledge, the beast because of his ignorance. Between the two remains the son of man to struggle."
— Rumi
"In all of us, even in good men, there is a lawless wild-beast nature, which peers out in sleep."
— Socrates
"He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god."
— Socrates
"Man is something that shall be overcome. Man is a rope, tied between beast and overman - a rope over an abyss."
— Friedrich Nietzsche
"Nature teaches beasts to know their friends."
— William Shakespeare
"An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind."
— Gautama Buddha
"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"
— Confucius

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