Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better.
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John Cassian
AD 435
These silent bites are alone in fending off the medicine of the wise people. This deadly menace is so utterly incurable that it is worsened by soothings, inflamed by serious treatment, and irritated by gifts.