Serpents Quotes

36 quotes by 34 authors

Getting married is like putting one's hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel. — Thomas More
Watch constantly against those things which are thought to be no temptations. The most poisonous serpents are found where the sweetest flowers grow. Cleopatra was… — Charles Spurgeon
The gods have sent medicines for the venom of serpents, but there is no medicine for a bad woman. She is more noxious than the… — Euripides
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
Red serpents, fiery forms, and yelling hags, Fit company for mad adventurers. — Philip Freneau
...those serpents! There's no pleasing them! — Lewis Carroll
Among all the kinds of serpents, there is none comparable to the Dragon. — Edward Topsell
O world, world when I was younger I thought there was some order governing you and your deeds. But now you seem to be a… — Fernando de Rojas
Besides alligators, the only animals to be feared are the poisonous serpents. These are certainly common enough in the forest, but no fatal accident happened… — Henry Walter Bates
Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give. — Khalil Gibran
Those base men who speak of the secret faults of others destroy themselves like serpents that stray onto anthills. — Chanakya
Yes, I could see these enormous elephants, whose trunks were tearing down large boughs, and working in and out the trees like a legion of… — Jules Verne
The eagle had two natural enemies: storms and serpents. He embraced the storm, waiting on the rock for the right thermal current and then using… — Karen Kingsbury
It is written, 'Be wise as serpents and innocent as doves' (Mt. 10:16). Being like serpents means not ignoring the attacks and wiles of the… — Syncletica of Alexandria
Sordid selfishness doth contract and narrow our benevolence, and cause us, like serpents, to infold ourselves within ourselves, and to turn out our stings to… — Walter Scott
Even the minds of animals, such as dogs, lions, cats, and serpents, become charmed with music. — Swami Vivekananda
Sharper than a serpents tongue, tighter than a bongo drum, quicker than a one night stand, slicker than a mambo band. — Don Henley
LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of two enormous serpents.… — Ambrose Bierce
Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world But those who slide along the grassy sod, And sting the luckless foot that presses them?… — Joanna Baillie
By and large, the making of motion pictures is all about, 'Let's ratchet it up.' And I always think, 'We don't need to ratchet this… — Tom Hanks

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