Famous quotes containing the words snake and/or men:
“Even in a bamboo tube, a snake still wants to wiggle.”
—Chinese proverb.
“We like the chase better than the quarry.... And those who philosophize on the matter, and who think men unreasonable for spending a whole day in chasing a hare which they would not have bought, scarce know our nature. The hare in itself would not screen us from the sight of death and calamities; but the chase, which turns away our attention from these, does screen us.”
—Blaise Pascal (16231662)
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