Quote by Larissa Ione

“Be wise as a serpent and wary as a dove!”

— Mark Twain

“Be ye therefore as wise as the serpents and as harmless as the doves.”

— Paulo Coelho

“You are sheep among wolves; be wise as serpents, yet innocent as doves.”

— Dennis Lehane

“The tongue is a venomous serpent, which is why the wise cage it.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The merciful man is rarely victorious. One's enemies are like snakes; though one may learn to handle them, they are always poisonous.”

— Karen Essex

“The dove is not a coward to fear the hawk; it is simply wise.”

— John Wyndham

“There once was a kindly farmer who found a viper freezing on the ground in the snow. Please help me, the poor creature said,…

— Rachel Caine

“A snake must be treated as a snake, forgiving it every time it showed you its fangs, will not transform into a garland of…

— Himmilicious

“Ladies and Gentlemen, we have no servants; We must see to things ourselves. We can’t all perch like eagles, therefore, I beg you to…

— Boris Pilnyak

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

— Bible

“I am the serpent that devours her own tail--her own tale. If you tell a tale well enough, it becomes a path to follow.…

— Mary Sharratt

“There comes a time when a man has to kill his own snakes.”

— T.D. Nutt