Serpent – Quotes

Better a serpent than

Better a serpent than a stepmother! Euripides

The gods have sent

The gods have sent medicines for the venom of serpents, but there is no medicine for a bad woman. She is more noxious than the viper, or than fire itself. Euripides

Eternity is a circle,

Eternity is a circle, a serpent that swallows its own tail. Elsa Barker

So long as the

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

The fatal effects of sin can be removed only by the provision that God has made. The Israelites saved their lives by looking upon the uplifted serpent. That look implied faith. They lived because they believed God’s word, and trusted in the means provided for their recover. So to sinner may look to Christ, and … Read more

In Talmudic literature, certainly

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. Elie Wiesel

I am the queen

I am the queen of spades, I am the wasp that stings, I am the dark serpent. I am the invulnerable animal who passes through fire and is not burned. Elena Ferrante

Among all the kinds

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

Remember, the serpent is

Remember, the serpent is still living in the Garden of Eden. Only the heterosexual couple was expelled. Edward Carpenter

Let him that sows

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 own avenging angel,–dark misgivings at the inmost heart. Friedrich Schiller