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Serpent Proverbs
Breed up a serpent and he will strike when you are in deep slumber.
Togolese Proverb
A woman has the form of an angel, the heart of a serpent, and the mind of an ass.
German Proverb
He who has been stung by a serpent is afraid of a lizard.
Italian Proverb
We keep an eye on the scorpion and the serpent, but we do not watch out for the millipede.
Sicilian Proverb
At twenty a man will be a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy a monkey, and at eighty nothing.
Spanish Proverb
If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove.
Cheyenne Proverb
Unless a serpent devour a serpent it will not become a dragon. Unless one power absorb another, it will not become great.
Traditional Proverb
Whom a serpent has bitten a lizard alarms.
African Proverb
It is easy to catch a serpent with someone else's hand.
Kurdish Proverb
He who digs too deep for a fish, may come out with a serpent.
Ethiopian Proverb
He whom a serpent has bitten dreads a slow-worm.
African Proverb
More blind than the cast-off skin of a serpent.
Latin Proverb