The devil is a gentleman.

“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