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Worms Quotes

My conscience is captive to the Word of God

Martin Luther, Jaroslav Pelikan (1955). “Works”

People are worms, and even the God who created them is immensely bored with their antics.

Ama Ata Aidoo (2015). “No Sweetness Here and Other Stories”, p.96, The Feminist Press at CUNY

There is an ecstatic mechanism in birds that makes them fly upwards in spite of worms.

Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1960). “Her”, p.24, New Directions Publishing

The poet makes silk dresses out of worms.

1957 Opus Posthumous, Aphorisms,'Adagia'.

Life is dear to every living thing; the worm that crawls upon the ground will struggle for it.

Solomon Northup, Harriet Beecher Stowe (2014). “Twelve Years A Slave: illustrated Original Edition With Bonus of Uncle Tom's Cabin”, p.71, Ageless Reads

Envy, like the worm, is always attracted to the fairest apple

Og Mandino (2010). “A Better Way to Live: Og Mandino's Own Personal Story of Success Featuring 17 Rules to Live By”, p.115, Bantam

Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still.

'Against Pride in Clothes' from 'Divine Songs for Children' (1715)

The worm is not to be trusted.

William Shakespeare (1994). “The Tragedy of Anthony and Cleopatra”, p.318, Oxford University Press, USA

We are not princes of the earth, we are the descendants of worms, and any nobility must be earned.

"Theology is a deceitful strategy" by PZ Myers, freethoughtblogs.com. July 1, 2008.

Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being - like a worm.

Jean-Paul Sartre, Hazel Estella Barnes (1992). “Being and Nothingness”, p.56, Simon and Schuster