Poison Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old poison quotes, poison sayings, and poison proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

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
For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness. Aeschylus
Every time you get angry, you poison your own system. Alfred A. Montapert
Live or die, but don't poison everything. Anne Sexton
Unforgiveness is a poison that shrivels the heart. It means a person cannot truly live in the present as they're always thinking about the past. Carolyn Miller
Politeness is the poison of collaboration. Edwin Land
Those who are failures from the start, downtrodden, crushed it is they, the weakest, who must undermine life among men who call into question and poison most dangerously our trust in life in man and in ourselves. Friedrich Nietzsche
Laughter is poison to fear. George R.R. Martin
Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to. Janet Fitch
Publicity is like poison; it doesn't hurt unless you swallow it. Joe Paterno
Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison. Lord Chesterfield
Anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves. Mitch Albom
Stop longing. You poison today’s ease, reaching always for tomorrow. Robin Hobb
Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit YOU choose. The Proverbs of Solomon:
Let go of the people who dull your shine, poison your spirit, and bring you drama. Cancel your subscription to their issues. Steve Maraboli
Challenges in life can either enrich you or poison you. You are the one who decides. Steve Maraboli
Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghost of yesterday. Holding a grudge & harboring anger resentment is poison to the soul. Get even with people but not those who have hurt us, forget them, instead get even with those who have helped us. Steve Maraboli
Do not sabotage your new relationship with your last relationship’s poison. Steve Maraboli
Poison is like the drowned; it always floats. Toni Morrison
Anxiety is the poison of human life; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. Tryon Edwards
Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread. They may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end. Tyron Edwards
She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire. Virgil