Serpent Quotes

The Green-eyed Monster causes much woe, but the absence of this ugly serpent argues the presence of a corpse whose name is Eros.

One way of ending the poem is to turn it back on itself, like a serpent with its tail in its mouth.

The lion of anger shall give place to the lamb of meekness; the raven of uncleanness shall fly before the dove of purity; the vile serpent of deceit shall be trodden under the heel of truth.

Those who give you a serpent when you ask for a fish, may have nothing but serpents to give.

He is as wise as a serpent and as innocent as a dove.

The serpent is helpless unless he finds an apple to work with.

An army, like a serpent, travels on its belly.

Sir Francis Bacon observed that a well-written book, compared with its rivals and antagonists, is like Moses' serpent, that immediately swallowed up and devoured those of the Egyptians.

It was not that Adam ate the apple for the apple's sake, but because it was forbidden. It would have been better for us-oh infinitely better for us-if the serpent had been forbidden

Be circumspect how you offend schollers, for knowe, a serpent tooth bites not so ill, as dooth a schollers angrie quill.

The chain of habit coils itself around the heart like a serpent, to gnaw and stifle it.

Now I will show myselfTo have more of the serpent than the dove;That is--more knave than fool.

Among all the kinds of serpents, there is none comparable to the Dragon.

Confidence is like a dragon where, for every head cut off, two more heads grow back.

In Eden who sleeps happiest? The serpent.

We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God .

The trail of the human serpent is thus over everything.

The end is near," Moridin said. "The Wheel has groaned its final rotation, the clock has lost its spring, the serpent heaves its final gasps.

Debt is to man what the serpent is to the bird; its eye fascinates, its breath poisons, its coil crushes sinew and bone, its jaw is the pitiless grave.

Happy! Who is happy? Was there not a serpent in Paradise itself? And if Eve had been perfectly happy beforehand, would she have listened to the tempter?

So long as the serpent continues to crawl on the ground, the primary influence of woman will be indirect.

Schemes within schemes. The Great Serpent is a good sign for you Aes Sedai, I think. Someday you may swallow yourselves by accident.

Bessie?” I looked down at the bull serpent. “But… he’s too cute. He couldn’t destroy the world.” -Percy Jackson

Management and union may be likened to that serpent of the fables who on one body had two heads that fighting each other with poisoned fangs, killed themselves.

I will say, too, that lovemaking, if sincere, is one of the best ideas Satan put in the apple she gave to the serpent to give to Eve. The best idea in that apple, though, is making jazz.

Knowledge hath in it somewhat of the serpent, and therefore where it entereth into a man it makes him swell.

In Talmudic literature, certainly in the beginning, he was like a human being - except he was a serpent. But he was talking and walking and probably dreaming.

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

Take Time by the forelock. It is also the safest part to take a serpent by.

When I was with the serpent-handlers in Tennessee, it was the most bizarre method of worship I could think of. Yet when you sit with these people, you can kind of see how it makes sense.

Eve didn't choose to eat the apple. She was tempted by the serpent." "Yes," I argue, thoughts coming out half-formed. "But...she didn't have to take a bite. She chose to.

A friend's bitter words seem to us more poisonous than a serpent's teeth.

There's my baby!" I cried, quite carried away, "There's my poochiekins!"..."Sadie, " My dad said firmly, "Please do not refer to the devourer of souls as 'poochiekins'.

The only thing that really matters is to be. Man is

Intellectualism is a poor master over passion

When you favour a woman, she will want to return the favour in so many means, but its better to rupidiate such offerings.

To obey the serpent is to live in once upon a time glory of God

The Serpent, to my interpretation, was pain.

I’m not a serpent, Father. I’m a crow.

God designed life to be enjoyed by all, but human being turned things around and made it to be endured.

Um, sorry. I cant read the last line.""Fish. Have you stolen any fish from the holy lakes?""I lived in Kansas..So ..no

Well, yeah, you listen to a talking snake and there's gonna be trouble.

We're obliged to acknowledge the limits of reason

That's what any committed patriot would do: Fight to the last. Defeat your enemy at any cost

Go on, my dear, " urges the snake. "Take one. Hear it? 'Pluck me, ' it's saying. That big, shiny red one. 'Pluck me, pluck me now and pluck me hard.' You know you wan

To operate in the serpent dimension is to reject laws of the kingdom