Devil Quotes

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Anyone who asserted wrong teachings, anyone serving the devil or his demons, earned instead an equally remarkable antagonism. In their official high meetings together, Christians… — Ramsay MacMullen
...I couldn't but surmise that the devil, looking at the cruel wars that Christianity has occasioned, the persecutions, the tortures Christian has inflicted on Christian,… — W. Somerset Maugham
Good Lord, what is man! for as simple he looks, Do but try to develop his books and his crooks, With his depths and his… — Robert Burns
The devil is compromise. — Henrik Ibsen
We have the power of the Holy Cross, our holy symbol, the divine grace of Christ, only as long as we have the holy marking… — Elder Paisios of Mount Athos
Remember that the truth is in the details. No matter how you see the world or what style it imposes on your work as an… — Stephen King
Wherefore is this? Because our common enemy, the Devil, endeavours with all his might to oppose the intentions of the God-man, Christ. He endeavours to… — John of Kronstadt
Christ wishes to raise men up to heaven, and has given them all the means to attain this; whilst the Devil, who himself for his… — John of Kronstadt
Christ taught us truth; the Devil teaches us falsehood, and strives in every way to contradict every truth; devising various calumnies against it. — John of Kronstadt
The Devil endeavours by every means to keep men in error, in the enticement of the passions, in darkness of mind and heart; in pride,… — John of Kronstadt
Assume a virtue, if you have it not. That monster, custom, who all sense doth eat; Of habits devil, is angel yet in this. — William Shakespeare
If you're going through hell, Keep on going, don't slow down, If you're scared, don't show it You might get out Before the devil even… — Rodney Atkins
Whoever does not pray to God, prays to the devil. — Pope Francis
Whoever does not pray to God, prays to the devil. When one does not profess Jesus Christ, one professes the worldliness of the devil. — Pope Francis
Tell us, pray, what devil This melancholy is, which can transform Men into monsters. — John Ford
Considering what human beings do and have done to human beings (and to other living things as well) ... I can never imagine what the… — Isaac Asimov
Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational. — John Milton
He saw a lawyer killing a viper on a dunghill hard by his own stable; And the Devil smiled, for it put him in mind… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What the devil possessed me to reply 1. ... e5?? I compltely forgot that Spassky, like Spielmann in the past, very much likes to play… — David Bronstein
The devil is a gentleman. — William Shakespeare

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