- From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and Snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.~ Margot Asquith
- He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of string.~ Persian Proverb
- He who wants to be a dragon must eat many little snakes.~ Chinese Proverb
- If an eel is with fish, he shows his tail; if he is with snakes, he shows his head.~ Indonesian Proverb
- If you don’t like your own character there may be a new one ready-made and waiting for you. The Snake sheds its skin with impunity, relying on the same nature which you rely on.~ Author Unknown
- If you have to kill a snake, kill it once and for all.~ Japanese Proverb
- Marriage is a sack full of ninety-nine snakes and one eel.~ Spanish Proverb
- Propaganda is a soft weapon; hold it in your hands too long, and it will move about like a Snake, and strike the other way.~ Jean Anouilh
- Self-love for ever creeps out, like a Snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.~ Lord Byron
- Snakes prefer to hide under flowers.~ French Proverb
- Snakes turn milk into poison.~ Sanskrit Proverb
- The world of men is dreaming, it has gone mad in its sleep, and a snake is strangling it, but it can’t wake up.~ D.H. Lawrence
- When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike you, do not wait until he has struck before you crush him.~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
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