Famous Proverbs
143 Proverbs about Snake / Page 3
21. When the snake is in the house, one need not discuss the matter at length.
22. A kind word can attract even the snake from his nest.
23. He who has been bitten by a snake is scared of a rope on the ground.
24. If a rich man ate a snake, they would say it was because of his wisdom; if a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity.
25. If you want to kill a snake, chop off its head.
26. The bee gets honey from the same flower where the snake sucks her poison.
27. Snakes turn milk into poison.
28. When you chop off a snake's head all you are left with is a piece of rope.
29. There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.
30. He who wants to be a dragon must eat many little snakes.