Euripides
Playwright
"Better a serpent than a stepmother!"
Serpent quotes
Serpent
19 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Voltaire
Philosopher, Writer
"To caress the serpent that devours us, until it has eaten away our heart."
Francis Bacon
Philosopher, Statesman
"the serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself."
Lewis Carroll
Author, Mathematician
"...those serpents! There's no pleasing them!"
William James
Philosopher, Psychologist
"The trail of the human serpent is thus over everything."
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"We were ensnared by the wisdom of the serpent; we are set free by the foolishness of God ."
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"Knowledge hath in it somewhat of the serpent, and therefore where it entereth into a man it makes him swell."
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"Take Time by the forelock. It is also the safest part to take a serpent by."
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