Devil Quotes

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When the devil is called the god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldliness. — Thomas Aquinas
They must needs go whom the Devil drives. — Miguel de Cervantes
Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made… — Miguel de Cervantes
God became man, granted. The devil became a woman. — Victor Hugo
God and the devil lose to a common enemy: inertia. — Mignon McLaughlin
A nickname is the hardest stone that the devil can throw at a man. — William Hazlitt
The devil is merely a fallen angel, and when God lost Satan he lost one of his best lieutenants. — Walter Lippmann
A woman is a dish for the gods, if the devil dress her not. — William Shakespeare
Secular music, do you say, belongs to the devil? Does it? Well, if it did I would plunder him for it, for he has no… — William Booth
A person who has during all time maintained the imposing position of spiritual head of four-fifths of the human race, and political head of the… — Mark Twain
It is Lucifer, The son of mystery; And since God suffers him to be, He too, is God's minister, And labors for some good By… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Religious contention is the devil's harvest. — Jean de La Fontaine
In the desert, an old monk had once advised a traveler, the voices of God and the Devil are scarcely distinguishable. — Loren Eiseley
The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch. — Roger L'Estrange
Even if [the Pope an incarnate devil], we ought not to raise up our heads against him, but calmly lie down to rest on his… — St. Catherine of Siena
When a man really believes that it is necessary to do a certain thing to be happy forever, or that a certain belief is necessary… — Robert Green Ingersoll
The sane man knows that he has a touch of the beast, a touch of the devil, a touch of the saint, a touch of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Yes, yes; youâ€™ve read thousands of books but youâ€™ve never tried to read your own self; you rush into your temples, into your mosques, but… — Bulleh Shah
It was necessary that the Devil should have a representation upon the earth as well as God. — Warren Jeffs
I have no use for cranks who despise music, because it is a gift of God. Music drives away the Devil and makes people joyful;… — Martin Luther

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