Serpent Quotes
147 quotes by 113 authors
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And so he [the Jew] advances on his fatal road until another force comes forth to oppose him, and in a mighty struggle hurls the…
— Adolf Hitler
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If poisonous minerals, and if that tree, Whose fruit threw death on else immortal us, If lecherous goats, if serpents envious Cannot be damned; alas;…
— John Donne
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The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.
— Minna Antrim
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I'm always keen to use my body in my work, so I'm looking forward to the motion capture for Smaug. Both Gollum and King Kong…
— Benedict Cumberbatch
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Better a serpent than a stepmother!
— Euripides
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When film is not a document, it is dream. That is why Tarkovsky is the greatest of them all. He moves with such naturalness in…
— Ingmar Bergman
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Red serpents, fiery forms, and yelling hags, Fit company for mad adventurers.
— Philip Freneau
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That crafty kindness which inveigles me to sacrifice principle is the serpent in the grass - deadly to the incautious wayfarer.
— Charles Spurgeon
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He who can curb his wrath as soon as it arises, as a timely antidote will check snake's venom that so quickly spreads, - such…
— Gautama Buddha
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The poisonous serpent of afflictions is sleeping in your mind; just as if a black viper were asleep in your room. You must use the…
— Gautama Buddha
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...those serpents! There's no pleasing them!
— Lewis Carroll
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He is as wise as a serpent and as innocent as a dove.
— Paulo Coelho
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No one since the Garden of Eden - which the serpent forsook in order to run for higher office - has imputed to politicians great…
— William F. Buckley, Jr.
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Let the storm rage and the sky darken — not for that shall we be dismayed. If we trust as we should in Mary, we…
— Pope Pius X
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The difference between true and false repentance lies in this: the man who truly repents cries out against his heart; but the other, as Eve,…
— John Bunyan
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Lucifer represents.. Life.. Thought.. Progress.. Civilization.. Liberty.. Independence.. Lucifer is the Logos.. the Serpent, the Savior.
— H. P. Blavatsky
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So little have thee first Christians (who despoiled the Jews of their Bible) understood the first four chapters of Genesis in their esoteric meaning, that…
— H. P. Blavatsky
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You say I have the most wicked face of any woman. You say my hair is like the serpent locks of Medusa, that my eyes…
— Theda Bara
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I heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit instantly appeared to me and said the Serpent was loosened, and Christ had laid…
— Nat Turner
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Most humans think the appearance of quiet is quiet. They do not see that sometimes the enemy is as quiet as the serpent. Only when…
— Tamora Pierce
Who Wrote These Serpent Quotes
113 authors contributed a total of 147 Serpent Quotes, led by these top contributors: