A greedy man is born to cavort with the devil.

“The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose, Sergeant,’ Anthony Payne replied. ‘That is from The Merchant of Venice, but it holds great truth.”

— Michael Arnold

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

— H. L. Mencken

“Beauty is not only a terrible thing, it is also a mysterious thing. There God and the Devil strive for mastery, and the battleground…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The devil has been defeated, stop trying to defeat him. What we have left is the fight of faith, and it's a good fight!

— Chris Oyakhilome

You gonna take the case?" It's not a case. It's a missing person. Sort of." You're gonna have a devil of a time finding…

— Janet Evanovich

Your head's like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the…

— Grant Morrison

And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice.

— Rumi

Remember that Abraham Lincoln was a Whig far longer than he was a Republican. As a whole, the Whigs looked upon banks and corporations…

— Allen C. Guelzo

Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young

— St. Jerome

“I tend to agree with that little devil more and more these days.”

— Elle Casey

This is the gift of your species and this is the danger, because you do not choose to control your imaginings. You imagine wonderful…

— Michael Crichton

“The devil?” Jason heaved the tick over his shoulder like a collier with his sack. “Satan. The adversary. The enemy of the plan of…

— Orson Scott Card

God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials.

— William Peter Blatty

If it was a sin for you to choose me . . . then I would go to the Devil himself and bless him…

— Diana Gabaldon

“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist”—Charles Baudelaire “The second greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was…

— Charles Baudelaire