Venom Quotes

The serpent may, without being poisonous, raise high its hood, but the show of terror is enough to frighten people -- whether he be venomous or not. - Chanakya

The more hidden the venom, the more dangerous it is. - Marguerite De Valois

The beating on the tail of the snake may stop his progress a little, but the more vital parts must be struck before his poisonous death-dealing venom will be wiped out. - George Washington Carver

Sweet are the uses of adversity; Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head. - William Shakespeare

Sweet are the uses of adversity which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in his head. - William Shakespeare

Some read books only with a view to find fault, while others read only to be taught; the former are like venomous spiders, extracting a poisonous quality, where the latter, like the bees, sip out a sweet and profitable juice. - L Estrange

Snakes are just very instinctive to me. I've been playing with snakes since before I could walk. It doesn't matter where or what it is, from the biggest to the most venomous. - Steve Irwin

Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden. - Barbara Olson

She proceeds to dip here little fountain-pen filler into pots of oily venom and to squirt this mixture at all her friends. - Harold Nicolson

Not because of insufficient venom but because of insufficient merit. - Tom DeLay