![William Makepeace Thackeray Quotes: We can't all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.](https://www.quoteslyfe.com/images/collection3/quotations1159/We-can-t-all-be-lions-in-1159385.jpg)
We can't all be lions in this world. There must be some lambs, harmless, kindly, gregarious creatures for eating and shearing.
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