Quotes of Serpent - somelinesforyou

“ Unless a serpent devour a serpent, it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great. ”

- Unknown

“ Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great. ”

- Unknown

“ The deadly Hydra now is the hydra of Equality. Liberty, Equality and Fraternity is the three-fanged serpent. ”

- D. H. Lawrence

“ 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

“ What! Wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice? ”

- William Shakespeare

“ We must combine the toughness of the serpent with the softness of the dove, a tough mind and a tender heart. ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ Without the power of the Industrial Union behind it, Democracy can only enter the State as the victim enters the gullet of the Serpent. ”

- James Connolly

“ Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs. ”

- Unknown

“ Self-pity is like a snake that gets in your brain and lays its eggs there. ”

- Steve Chandler

“ If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes. ”

- Henry Ross Perot

“ Tinsel is really snakes' mirrors. ”

- Stephen Wright

“ A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing. ”

- Jessamyn West

“ Not by accident, you may be sure, do the Christian Scriptures make the father of knowledge a serpent-slimy, sneaking and abominable. ”

- H. L. Mencken

“ 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 Thomas Antrim

“ 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 Thomas Antrim

“ Innocent as a dove you will harm no one, but wise as a serpent no one will harm you. ”

- Unknown

“ At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all. ”

- Baltasar Gracian

“ An arrow may fly through the air and leave no trace; but an ill thought leaves a trail like a serpent. ”

- Charles Mackay

“ You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you,as mine has been. ”

- Mary Shelley

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

- Bible

“ How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! ”

- William Shakespeare

“ To conclude, all other living creatures live orderly and well, after their own kind: we see them flock and gather together, and ready to make head and stand against all others of a contrary kind: the lions as fell and savage as they be, fight not with one another: serpents sting not serpents, nor bite one another with their venomous teeth: nay the very monsters and huge fishes of the sea, war not amongst themselves in their own kind: but believe me, man at man's hand receiveth most harm and mischief. ”

- Pliny the Elder

“ Saint Patrick was a gentleman, who through strategy and stealth Drove all the snakes from Ireland, here's a drink to his health! But not too many drinks, lest we lose ourselves and then Forget the good Saint Patrick, and see them snakes again! ”

- Unknown

“ The fifth and by far the most important reason is that stoning is literally a means of crushing the murderer's head by means of a rock, which is symbolic of God. This is analogous to the crushing of the head of the serpent in Genesis 3:15. This symbolism testifies to the final victory of God over all the hosts of Satan… ”

- Gary North

“ I heard a loud noise in the heavens, and the Spirit was loosened, and Christ had laid down the yoke he had borne for the sins of men, and that I should take it on and fight against the Serpent, for the time was fast approaching when the first should be last and the last should be first. ”

- Nat Turner
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