I don't mind snakes. Growing up in South Africa there were a couple a snakes around... and I'm not talking just about the government!
Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.
The old tales of China tell us that all things may grow and change. A stone may become a plant. A plant may become an animal. An animal may become a human. A human may become a god. Just so, a snake may become a woman. And we are told of one who did.
Do not add legs to the snake after you have finished drawing it.
Though the snake be small, it is still wise to hit it with a big stick.
The burning off and the gathering together are one.
A snake must be treated as a snake, forgiving it every time it showed you its fangs, will not transform into a garland of flowers.
He who has been bitten by a snake is scared of a rope on the ground.
He who wants to be a dragon must eat many little snakes.
He who has been bitten by a snake fears a piece of string.
Everyone must imagine his own snakes because no one else's snakes can ever be as awful.
The way to get on with a cat is to treat it as an equal - or even better, as the superior it knows itself to be.
but you do not think much about the stars. They are always there. Look at them when you have a moment.
Method is more important than strength, when you wish to control your enemies. By dropping golden beads near a snake, a crow once managed To have a passer-by kill the snake for the beads.
The human heart is never satisfied, just like the snake that wants to swallow an elephant.
He who digs too deep for a fish, may come out with a snake.
Although the snake does not fly it has caught the bird whose home is in the sky.
He who takes a light to find a snake should start at his own feet.
The bee gets honey from the same flower where the snake sucks her poison.
When you chop off a snake's head all you are left with is a piece of rope.
