"The elephant hath joints, but none for courtesy: his legs are legs for necessity, not for flexure."
— Elephants

January 1, 1970

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William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida (c. 1602), Act II, Scene 3, line 97, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 219.