Snares Quotes

• Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always become readily entangled.

  Jane Addams

  Women, Memorable, Feet

  Jane Addams, Berenice A. Carroll, Clinton F. Fink (1907). “Newer Ideals of Peace”, p.103, University of Illinois Press

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• Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Lions, Foxes

  NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI (2008). “The Prince (EasyRead Large Bold Edition)”, p.89, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares!

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Quicksand

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1859). “The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A New Complete Edition, Including Miles Standish and Other Poems”, p.89

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• What's more to do,
  Which would be planted newly with the time,
  As calling home our exiled friends abroad
  That fled the snares of watchful tyranny,
  Producing forth the cruel ministers
  Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen,
  Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands
  Took off her life; this, and what needful else
  That calls upon us, by the grace of Grace
  We will perform in measure, time, and place.

  William Shakespeare

  Queens, Home, Self

  William Shakespeare (1866). “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Comprising His Dramatic and Poetical Works”, p.281

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• As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.

  Daniel Defoe

  Roots, Evil, Poverty

  'Moll Flanders' (1721)

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• The whole world is strewn with snares, traps, gins and pitfalls for the capture of men by women.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Women, Pitfalls, World

  George Bernard Shaw (2012). “Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy”, p.17, The Floating Press

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• O thou child of many prayers!
  Life hath quicksands, Life hath snares!
  Care and age come unawares!

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Prayer, Children

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1849). “The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ; Complete in One Volume”, p.52

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• Through many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come; 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

  John Newton

  Home, Grace, Toil

  John Newton (1839). “The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... to which are Prefixed Memoirs of His Life, &c”, p.123

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• To be entirely safe from the devil's snares the man of God must be completely obedient to the Word of the Lord. The driver on the highway is safe, not when he reads the signs but when he obeys them.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Christian, Men, Devil

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• I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .

  Anne Bronte

  Girl, Respect, Self

  "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall". Book by Anne Bronte, Ch. III : A Controversy; Helen to Gilbert, 1848.

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• I saw the snares that the enemy spreads out over the world and I said groaning, "What can get through from such snares?" Then I heard a voice saying to me, "Humility.

  Anthony the Great

  Humility, Voice, Enemy

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• Religion is a Snare and a Racket.

  Charles Taze Russell

  Racket

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• Devil’s Snare, Devil’s Snare . . . what did Professor Sprout say? — it likes the dark and the damp —” “So light a fire!” Harry choked. “Yes — of course — but there’s no wood!” Hermoine cried, wringing her hands. “HAVE YOU GONE MAD?” Ron bellowed. “ARE YOU A WITCH OR NOT?

  J. K. Rowling

  Dark, Fire, Light

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• The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.

  Soren Kierkegaard

  Friendship, Karma, Way

  SOREN KIERKEGAARD (1965). “THE LAST YEARS”

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• Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

  William Penn

  Real, Rewards And Recognition, Benefits

  William Penn (1726). “A Collection of the Works of William Penn: To which is Prefixed a Journal of His Life, with Many Original Letters and Papers Not Before Published”, p.834

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• In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many crosses and temptations, allurements of sin and snares of death, that continually exercise his virtue.

  Johann Arndt

  Christian, Exercise, Men

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• Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction.

  Jonathan Swift

  Literature, Poison, Beast

  Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott (1824). “The Works of Jonathan Swift: Containing Additional Letters, Tracts, and Poems Not Hitherto Published; with Notes, and a Life of the Author”, p.251

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• God works in mysterious ways. Things may look good outwardly, but there may be evil contained inside. Let no one be deluded by pride that he himself has conceived good ideas or done good deeds. If everything were as it seemed, the Prophet would not have cried out with such illuminated and illuminating perspicacity, Show me things as they are! You make things appear beautiful when in reality they are ugly; You make things appear ugly when in reality they are beautiful. Show us therefore each thing as it is lest we fall into a snare and be ever errant.

  Rumi

  Beautiful, Fall, Pride

  Jelaluddin Rumi (2005). “The Rumi Collection”, p.69, Shambhala Publications

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• Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.

  D. H. Lawrence

  Art, Book, Toil

  D. H. Lawrence, James T. Boulton (2002). “The Letters of D. H. Lawrence”, p.306, Cambridge University Press

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• Still, I have been no one's enemy but my own. My easy nature, either in drinking or anything else, was always ready to submit to persuasions of profligate companions, who often led me into snares.

  John Clare

  Drinking, Enemy, Persuasion

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• The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.

  Saadi

  Bird, Example, Warning

  Saadi, Francis Gladwin, Eric Serejski (2016). “Gulistan or Rose Garden”, p.168, Innovations and Information

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• Is it not true that your gloominess and bad temper are due to your lack of determination in breaking the subtle snares laid by your own disordered desires? The daily examination of conscience is an indispensible help if we are to follow our Lord with sincerity of heart and integrity of life.

  Josemaria Escriva

  Determination, Integrity, Heart

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• moral vanity is the snare of good people.

  Margaret Deland

  Vanity, People, Morality

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• One of the greatest snares is the number of good things we might do. Jesus Christ never did the good things He might have done, He did everything He ought to do because He had His eye fixed on His Father's will and He sacrificed Himself for His Father.

  Oswald Chambers

  God, Faith, Christian

  Oswald Chambers (2011). “The Quotable Oswald Chambers”, p.154, Discovery House

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• God grant to all of us the power and strength to be people of integrity, and the insight and wisdom to avoid being led into the snares of the dishonest.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Honesty, Integrity, People

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