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Rudyard Kipling
“When a snake misses its stroke, it never says anything or gives any sign of what it means to do next.” Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
William Shakespeare
“O serpent heart, hid with a flow'ring face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical! Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening lamb! Despised substance of divinest show! Just opposite to what thou justly seem'st - A...” William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Rabindranath Tagore
“Let those who are snake-charmers play with snakes; if harm comes to them, they are prepared for it. But these boys are so innocent, all the world is ready with its blessing to protect them. They play with a snake not knowing its nature, and when...” Rabindranath Tagore, The Home and the World
Rudyard Kipling
“Then inch by inch out of the grass rose up the head and spread hood of Nag, the big black cobra, and he was five feet long from tongue to tail.” Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book
William Shakespeare
“Hide not thy poison with such sugar'd words; Lay not thy hands on me; forbear, I say! Their touch affrights me as a serpent's sting.” William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2

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William Shakespeare (2)
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The Jungle Book (2)
Romeo and Juliet (1)
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Henry VI, Part 2 (1)
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