Serpent Quotes
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In the beginning, said a Persian poet, Allah took a rose, a lily, a dove, a serpent, a little honey, a Dead Sea apple, and a handful of clay. When he looked at the amalgam it was a woman.
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More Serpent Quotes
Kerala 's capital Tiruvanathapuram or Trivandrum which is infinitely easier to say and write was named after the serpent God Anantha, on whom Lord Vishnu reclines.
— Aline Dobbie, in India: The Elephant's Blessing, 2006, p.128
To fight the raven you may make alliance with the serpent until the battle is done.
robert jordan— Byar, Children of the Light
Padmanabha Swamy temple located inside the East Fort, this Vaishnava temple is very famous attracting devotees from all parts. Dedicated to Lord Vishnu sleeping on Anantha, the serpent king, this temple is a rare blend of Dravidian architecture and the Kerala style.
— Biju Mathew, in Pilgrimage to Temple Heritage, 2013. p.65
What, would'st thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice (late 1590s), Act IV, scene 1, line 69.
And the L God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly thou shalt go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
Bible (Old Testament)— Genesis 3:14-15.
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Bible (Old Testament)— Numbers 21:9.
Hethat diggetha pit shall fall intoit; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.
Bible (Old Testament)— Ecclesiastes10:8.
Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts untoyourchildren, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Bible (NewTestament)— St Matthew 7:9-11.
Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the dove; that is, more knave than fool.
Christopher Marlowe— Cf "Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves", Matthew 10:16.
Some flow'rets of Eden ye still inherit,But the trail of the serpent is over them all.
thomas moore— Part II
Let the storm rage and the sky darken — not for that shall we be dismayed. If we trust as we should in Mary, we shall recognize in her, the Virgin Most Powerful "who with virginal foot did crush the head of the serpent.
pope pius x— As quoted in The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Popes and the Papacy (2001) by Brandon Toropov, p. 26
He seems to have been a serpent of serpents in the bosom of all the nineties. That in itself endears him to one.
frederick rolfe— D. H. Lawrence, in Adelphi (December 1925); cited from Michael Herbert (ed.) Selected Critical Writings (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998) p. 200.
The trail of the human serpent is thus over everything.
william james— Lecture II, What Pragmatism Means
The mediation by the serpent was necessary: Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.
Franz Kafka— 51
Gentleness, Virtue, Wisdom, and Endurance, These are the seals of that most firm assurance Which bars the pit over Destruction’s strength; And if, with infirm hand, Eternity, Mother of many acts and hours, should free The serpent that would clasp her with his length; These are the spells by which to reassume An empire o’er the disentangled doom.
Percy Bysshe Shelley— Demogorgon, Act IV, l. 562–569.
Now will I show myself to have more of the serpent than the dove; that is more knave than fool.
Christopher Marlowe— Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta (c. 1592), Act II, scene 3.
It is serpent nature to wait motionless for its prey.
— In p.529 (Snakes: Curiosities and Wonders of Serpent Life)
Adam blamed Eve, Eve blamed the serpent and the serpent didn't have a leg to stand on.
— Charles R. Gerber, in Healing for a Bitter Heart: Releasing the Power of Forgiveness
Thiruvananthapuram, which got this name from Anantha , the serpent king of Hindu mythology... traditional buildings and monuments stand as great examples of culture and overwhelming splendor.
— Biju Mathew, in Pilgrimage to Temple Heritage, 2013. p.49
And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil , and Satan , which deceiveth the whole world : he was cast out into the earth , and his angels were cast out with him.
— John of Patmos, in the Book of Revelation 12:7-9
In our great hall there stood a vacant chair, Fashioned by Merlin ere he past away, And carven with strange figures; and in and out The figures, like a serpent, ran a scroll Of letters in a tongue no man could read. And Merlin called it "The Siege perilous," Perilous for good and ill; "for there," he said, "No man could sit but he should lose himself..."
— Alfred, Lord Tennyson, in Idylls of the King, The Holy Grail
The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile, Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived The mother of mankind.
john milton— John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667; 1674), Book I, line 34
What is time ? It is a serpent which eats its tail [...].
kurt vonnegut— Kurt Vonnegut, Breakfast of Champions, Or Goodbye Blue Monday! (1973)
Where’s my serpent of old Nile? For so he calls me.
— Cleopatra, speaking of Antony, scene v
The serpent that did sting thy father's life Now wears his crown.
— Ghost, scene v
Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it.
— Lady Macbeth, Scene V
What, wouldst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
— Shylock, scene i
