“The snake stood up for evil in the Garden.”
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet
" The Ax-Helve http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ax-helve-the/" (1923) <br class="br">1920s
Source: The Coyote Kings of the Space-Age Bachelor Pad (2004), Chapter 24 “A Glimpse into Wet, Dark Jewels” (p. 147)
“The snake stood up for evil in the Garden.”
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet
" The Ax-Helve http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ax-helve-the/" (1923) <br class="br">1920s
“The woman is the subtlest beast in the garden,” said Papa Moose, “now that snakes can’t talk.”
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist
Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, The Crystal City (2003), Chapter 3 “Fever” (p. 41).
Nigel Lawson (1932) British Conservative politician and journalist
Speech to the Conservative Party Conference (13 October, 1988).
“I'm a humanist; I'd rather kill a man than a snake.”
Edward Abbey book Desert Solitaire
"Serpents of Paradise", p. 18
Desert Solitaire (1968)
Freddie Mercury (1946–1991) British singer, songwriter and record producer
As quoted in NME (2 November 1974) http://www.queenarchives.com/index.php?title=Freddie_Mercury_-_11-02-1974_-_NME.
“[T]hose who know the least, obey the best.”
George Farquhar The Recruiting Officer
The Recruiting Officer (1706), Act iv. Sc. 1.