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> [As Darwin puts it in The Descent of Man, 'Male snakes, though appearing so sluggish, are amorous.' Isn't that just like Darwin? It was one of his main ideas, you know, that the males of almost all animals have stronger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/as-darwin-puts-it-in-the-descent-of-man-male-snakes-though-appearing/)

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## More by Will Cuppy

> [“Hatshepsut has been called the first great woman of history. She simply appointed herself King of Egypt and that was all there was to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/hatshepsut-has-been-called-the-first-great-woman-of-history-she/)

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> [“Intelligence is the capacity to know what we are doing and instinct is just instinct. The results are about the same.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/intelligence-is-the-capacity-to-know-what-we-are-doing-and-instinct/)

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> [Henry VIII had so many wives because his dynastic sense was very strong whenever he saw a maid of honour.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/henry-viii-had-so-many-wives-because-his-dynastic-sense-was-very/)

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> [ \[Footnote:\] Pliny the Elder described a Whale called "Balaena or Whirlpool, which is so long and broad as to take up more in length… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/footnote-pliny-the-elder-described-a-whale-called-balaena-or/)

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> [Frogs will eat red-flannel worms fed to them by biologists; this proves a great deal about both parties concerned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/frogs-will-eat-red-flannel-worms-fed-to-them-by-biologists-this/)

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> [Even as a child back in Indiana, whenever I took a Butterbelly off the hook I used to ask myself, "Does this fish think?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/even-as-a-child-back-in-indiana-whenever-i-took-a-butterbelly-off-the/)

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> [“Would it not be downright cruel to keep him in semi-captivity in a town or city, where the opportunities for wreaking havoc and destruction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/would-it-not-be-downright-cruel-to-keep-him-in-semi-captivity-in-a/)

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> [Alexander III of Macedon is known as Alexander the Great because he killed more people of more different kinds than any other man of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/alexander-iii-of-macedon-is-known-as-alexander-the-great-because-he/)

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> [“The average sparrow is something of a bore and the trouble is that all sparrows are average.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/the-average-sparrow-is-something-of-a-bore-and-the-trouble-is-that/)

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> [I don't like to boast, but I have probably skipped more poetry than any other person of my age and weight in this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/i-don-t-like-to-boast-but-i-have-probably-skipped-more-poetry-than/)

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> [“All modern men are descended from wormlike creatures, but it shows more on some people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/all-modern-men-are-descended-from-wormlike-creatures-but-it-shows/)

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> [ \[Footnote:\] The female of any species is generally regarded as a relatively anabolic organism, more passive than the male, who is relatively katabolic and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/footnote-the-female-of-any-species-is-generally-regarded-as-a/)

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> [ It is because of his brain that \[modern man\] has risen above the animals. Guess which animals he has risen above. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/it-is-because-of-his-brain-that-modern-man-has-risen-above-the/)

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> [It's easy to see the faults in people I know; it's hardest to see the good. Especially when the good isn't there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/it-s-easy-to-see-the-faults-in-people-i-know-it-s-hardest-to-see-the/)

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> [I am billed as a humorist, but of course I am a tragedian at heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-cuppy/i-am-billed-as-a-humorist-but-of-course-i-am-a-tragedian-at-heart/)

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