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Hieroglyphics of Horapollo, tr. Alexander Turner Cory, [1840], at sacred-texts.com


LXXXVII. HOW A MAN THAT IS QUICK IN HIS MOVEMENTS, BUT WHO MOVES IMPRUDENTLY AND INCONSIDERATELY.

When they would symbolise a man that is quick in his movements, but who moves without prudence and consideration, they portray A STAG AND A VIPER; for she flees at the sight of the viper.


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