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Letter "S" » snake
«In the middle ages, people took potions for their ailments. In the 19th century they took snake oil. Citizens of today's shiny, technological age are too modern for that. They take antioxidants and extract of cactus instead.»
Author: Charles Krauthammer
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ailment, ailments, cactus, extract, middle ages, Modern Age, potion, potions, shiny, snake, snake oil, technological
«If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes.»
«Even if a snake is not poisonous, it should pretend to be venomous.»
«If you have to kill a snake, kill it once and for all»
«I've always liked reptiles. I used to see the universe as a mammoth snake, and I used to see all the people and objects, landscapes, as little pictures in the facets of their scales. I think peristaltic motion is the basic life movement. Swallowing,»
Author: Jim Morrison
(Poet, Singer)
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basic, facet, facets, landscapes, liked, mammoth, motion, Motion pictures, movement, objects, pictures, reptiles, scales, snake, Swallowing, The Motion Picture
«But time strips our illusions of their hue, And one by one in turn, some grand mistake Casts off its bright skin yearly like the snake»
«If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
(Philosopher)
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Politics
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coil, coiled, Coils, encircle, encircled, encircles, encircling, snake, take part, wrestle, wrestled, wrestles
«In their dreams at night, people wander around as long as they sleep; just so, they are under the power of the snake Maya, as long as their hearts are filled with ego and duality.»
«In so many incarnations, you were a worm and an insect; in so many incarnations, you were an elephant, a fish and a deer. In so many incarnations, you were a bird and a snake. In so many incarnations, you were yoked as an ox and a horse.»
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