“ The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Feels at each thread, and lives along the line. ”
- Alexander Pope- Copy
- 1.2K
“ We are closer to the ants than to the butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. ”
- Gerald Brenan- Copy
- 3K
“ Cockroaches really put my "all creatures great and small" creed to the test. ”
- Terri Guillemets- Copy
- 2.5K
“ Some primal termite knocked on wood; and tasted it, and found it good. That is why your Cousin May fell through the parlor floor today. ”
- Ogden Nash- Copy
- 2.1K
“ Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar. ”
- Bradley Millar- Copy
- 821
“ Though snails are exceedingly slow, There is one thing I'd like to know. If I out run 'em round the yard, How come they beat me to the chard? ”
- Allen Klein- Copy
- 1.5K
“ If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito. ”
- Betty Reese- Copy
- 275
“ Large flocks of butterflies, all kinds of happy insects, seem to be in a perfect fever of joy and sportive gladness. ”
- John Muir- Copy
- 2.6K
“ Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky. ”
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti- Copy
- 1.9K
“ He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food. ”
- Raymond Chandler- Copy
- 2.8K
“ House, n. A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beetle, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus, and microbe. ”
- Ambrose Bierce- Copy
- 3.1K
“ Don't mistake vivacity for wit, thare iz about az much difference az thare iz between lightning and a lightning bug. ”
- Josh Billings- Copy
- 1.8K
“ Much like a subtle spider, which doth sit In middle of her web, which spreadeth wide: If aught do touch the utmost thread of it, She feels it instantly on every side. ”
- Sir John Davies- Copy
- 1.2K
“ He looked as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food. ”
- Raymond Chandler- Copy
- 727
“ A wisp of gossamer, about the size and substance of a spider's web. ”
- Monica Baldwin- Copy
- 630
“ A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men. ”
- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette- Copy
- 204
“ It appears to me that almost any man may, like the spider, spin from his own inwards his own airy citadel. ”
- John Keats- Copy
- 405
“ It is assumed that the woman must wait, motionless, until she is wooed. That is how the spider waits for the fly. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
- 3.1K
“ The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web. ”
- Edwin Way Teale- Copy
- 1K
“ Written laws are like spider's webs; they will catch, it is true, the weak and the poor, but would be torn in pieces by the rich and powerful. ”
- Anacharsis- Copy
- 2.4K
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