Baseness Quote by Francis Bacon

“We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do . For it is…

— Anonymous

The trail of the serpent reaches into all the lucrative professions and practices of man. Each has its own wrongs. Each finds a tender…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The trail of the serpent reaches into all the lucrative professions and practices of man. Each has its own wrongs. Each finds a tender…

— Anonymous

A serpent is a serpent, and none the less a viper, because it is nestled in the bosom of an honest-hearted man.

— Martin Delany

This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade 'Know…

— Aleister Crowley

“For that the power to distinguish between good and less good is the property of wisdom is evident surely even to the witless; so…

— Julian the Apostate

“Who, then, are the seed of the serpent? They are those who manifest that spirit of independent pride by which their father the Devil…

— G.H. Pember

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

— Franz Kafka

The faith towards God in Christ must be sure and steadfast, that it may solace and make glad the conscience, and put it to…

— Martin Luther

Spiritual wisdom consists in finding out the subtleties, policies, and depths of any indwelling sin... to trace this serpent in all its turnings and…

— John Owen

Let him that sows the serpent's teeth not hope to reap a joyous harvest. Every crime has, in the moment of its perpetration, its…

— Friedrich Schiller

Those who possess wisdom cannot just ladle it out to every wantwit and jackanapes who comes along and asks for it. A person must…

— Tom Robbins