quotations about Adam & Eve
Of Adam's first wife, Lilith, it is told
(The witch he loved before the gift of Eve)
That, ere the snake's, her sweet tongue could deceive
And her enchanted hair was the first gold.
And still she sits, young while the earth is old,
And, subtly of herself contemplative,
Draws men to watch the bright web she can weave,
Till heart and body and life are in its hold.
DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI
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Body's Beauty
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If we sink into the suffering that's right for us,
Our dreams will have all that Adam and Eve wept for.
ROBERT BLY
"Shabistari and The Secret Garden"
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Her rash hand in evil hour
Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat:
Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat
Sighing through all her works gave signs of woe,
That all was lost.
JOHN MILTON
Paradise Lost
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Adam chewed it over,
Thought it through--
It dawned on him
That outside Eden
They were eaters or eaten.
GREGORY ORR
"To Notice", River Inside the River
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Adam and Eve are basically the forgotten patriarch and matriarch of the Bible. People either dismiss them as fairy tales--they're made up; we've moved on. Or people dump on them for ruining life for the rest of us. Adam and Eve (but mostly Eve) have been almost universally blamed for being selfish, lustful, disgraceful, and for single-handedly bringing shame, sin, and even death into the world.
BRUCE FEILER
The First Love Story: A Journey Through the Tangled Lives of Adam and Eve
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When Eve upon the first of Men
The apple press'd with specious cant,
Oh, what a thousand pities then
That Adam was not Adam-ant!
THOMAS HOOD
A Reflection
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Our grandsire Adam, ere of Eve possess'd,
Alone, and ev'n in Paradise unbless'd,
With mournful looks the blissful scene survey'd,
And wander'd in the solitary shade.
The Maker saw, took pity, and bestow'd
Woman, the last, the best reserv'd of God.
ALEXANDER POPE
January and May
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Ever since Eve gave Adam the apple, there has been a misunderstanding between the sexes about gifts.
NAN ROBERTSON
New York Times, November 28, 1957
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Since antiquity, one story has stood at the center of every conversation about men and women. One couple has been the battleground for human relationships and sexual identity. That couple is Adam and Eve.
BRUCE FEILER
The First Love Story: A Journey Through the Tangled Lives of Adam and Eve
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God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
BIBLE
Genesis 1:27
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Adam shot the apple into his vein
Adam said to Eve "Me Tarzan, you Jane"
TIMBUK 3
"Tarzan Was a Bluesman"
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The Lord made Adam, the Lord made Eve, he made 'em both a little bit naive.
YIP HARBURG
Finian's Rainbow
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It began I believe when Adam found Eve he woke up and made her his wife
On that very first day she asked in dismay am I the first girl in your life
Wives don't like old girlfriends you know that's a fact of life
Wives don't like old girlfriends and girlfriends don't like old wives
CHET ATKINS & SUZY BOGGUSS
"Wives Don't Like Old Girlfriends"
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'Tis Lilith ... Adam's first wife is she.
Beware the lure within her lovely tresses.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE
Faust
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Whilst Adam slept, Eve from his side arose:
Strange his first sleep should be his last repose.
UNKNOWN
The Consequence
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None of us can boast about the morality of our ancestors. The record does not show that Adam and Eve were ever married.
EDGAR WATSON HOWE
Family Stories and Myths
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It all began with Adam. He was the first man to tell a joke -- or a lie. How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before. Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant.
MARK TWAIN
Notebook
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All the world was Adam once, with Eve by his side.
JEAN INGELOW
Like a Laverock in the Lift
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God did not "saw" Adam asunder, but split him in two, and made Eve out of one half.
S.C. MAIAN
The Book of Adam and Eve
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After all these years, I see that I was mistaken about Eve in the beginning; it is better to live outside the Garden with her than inside it without her.
MARK TWAIN
Extracts from Adam's Diary
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