ELEPHANT

Related Subject: Animal

1. Th' unwieldy elephant,
   To make them mirth, us'd all his might, and wreath'd
   His lithe proboscis.—MILTON, Paradise Lost
   

2. Slow as the elephant.—SHAKESPEARE, Troilus and Cressida
   

3. The elephant bath joints, but none for courtesy: his legs are legs for necessity, not for flexure.—SHAKESPEARE, Troilus and Cressida
   

4. An elephant never forgets.—Traditional
   

5. The elephant is never won with anger.—JOHN WILMOT, Valentinian