Poison

The poisonous mushroom or the venomous snake. This is a collection of proverbs and quotes about toxic poison and venom.

Poison in a bottle
Poison bottle


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Compliments are like mushrooms, the most beautiful are the most poisonous.

He beat the creature off with his hands - it was trying to poison him to keep him quiet, as small spiders do to flies - until he remembered his sword and drew it out.
J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: The Hobbit - Chapter 8 - Flies and Spiders
About Bilbo.

Not all the snakes are poisonous and not all the poisons are deadly! Keep this in mind when bitten.
Mehmet Murat ildan

One man's meat is another man's poison.
People have different taste and don't like the same thing..

Pollution from oil and gas development, toxic runoff, and miles and miles of plastic trash foul the waters and threaten marine life.
Frances Beinecke

Radish is poison in the morning, food at noon and medicine in the evening.

The cow drinks water and it turns to milk; the snake drinks water and it turns to poison.

The fangs of the green snake and the sting of a wasp don't really make poison; that is only to be found in a woman's heart.

When the bee sucks, it makes honey; when the spider, poison.




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