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Worms Quotes - Page 2

For, as you know, religions are like glow-worms; they shine only when it is dark.

Arthur Schopenhauer (2016). “Religion”, p.46, Arthur Schopenhauer

It says nothing against the ripeness of a spirit that it has a few worms.

Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale (1996). “Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits”, p.292, Cambridge University Press

Civil dissension is a viperous worm That gnaws the bowels of the commonwealth.

William Shakespeare, Michael Taylor (2004). “Henry VI, Part One”, p.167, Oxford University Press, USA

The smallest worm will turn being trodden on, And doves will peck in safeguard of their brood.

William Shakespeare, John D. Cox, Eric Rasmussen (2001). “King Henry VI Part 3: Third Series”, p.233, Cengage Learning EMEA

In neurotics, worm phobias are usually found as well as snake phobias.

Karl Abraham (1988). “Selected Papers of Karl Abraham, M.D.”

Each worm to his taste; some prefer to eat nettles.

Junichiro Tanizaki (2011). “Some Prefer Nettles”, p.4, Tuttle Publishing

To a worm in horseradish, the world is horseradish!

"The Ketchup Conundrum" by Malcolm Gladwell, www.newyorker.com. September 6, 2004.

The vessel, though her masts be firm,Beneath her copper bears a worm.

Henry David Thoreau (2012). “The Portable Thoreau”, p.148, Penguin

My enemies are worms, cool days, and most of all woodchucks.

Henry David Thoreau (2013). “The Essential Thoreau”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

Glow-worms on the ground are moving, As if in the torch-dance circling.

Heinrich Heine (1866). “The Poems of Heine: Complete”, p.96

Late birds get worms while early birds get tired.

Judith Viorst (1976). “How Did I Get to Be 40 & Other Atrocities”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

They had to call and call And pick the worms off me like sticky pearls.

Sylvia Plath (2015). “Collected Poems”, Faber & Faber

For a bookworm like Mother, a Brontë novel sister was better than a biological one.

Eileen Favorite (2007). “The Heroines: A Novel”, p.185, Simon and Schuster