Jackal

… the jackal seems to be placed between [the wolf and the dog]; to the savage fierceness of the wolf, it adds the impudent familiarity of the dog... It is more noisy in its pursuits even than the dog, and more voracious than the wolf.

— Jackal

Personal columnists … are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat — no matter who killed the meat for him.

— Jackal

We were the Leopards, the Lions; those who'll take our place will be little jackals, hyenas; and the whole lot of us, Leopards, jackals, and sheep, we'll all go on thinking ourselves the salt of the earth.

— Jackal

Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.

— Jackal

To live like a lion for a day is far better than to live for a hundred years like a jackal.

— Jackal