Devil Quotes

2117 quotes by 1328 authors

There is no law of progress. Our future is in our own hands, to make or to mar. It will be an uphill fight to… — William Ralph Inge
One is always wrong to open a conversation with the devil, for, however he goes about it, he always insists upon having the last word. — Andre Gide
To marry a man out of pity is folly; and, if you think you are going to influence the kind of fellow who has never… — Margot Asquith
In best understandings, sin began, Angels sinned first, then Devils, and then Man. — John Donne
An idle man's brain is the devil's workshop. — John Bunyan
There is the grand truth about Nathaniel Hawthorne. He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. For all men… — Herman Melville
God is good, there is no devil but fear. — Elbert Hubbard
Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil — Arthur Conan Doyle
Those Saints, which God loves best, The Devil tempts not least. — Robert Herrick
Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman. — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Better sit still, than rise to meet the devil. — Michael Drayton
There is a dreadful Hell, And everlasting pains; There sinners must with devils dwell In darkness, fire, and chains. — Isaac Watts
I don't suppose God laughs at the people who think He doesn't exist. He's above jokes. But the devil isn't. That's one of his most… — Robertson Davies
Better not read books in which you make acquaintance of the devil. — Reinhold Niebuhr
It's a sort of curious phenomenon that God is somehow not quite as nice as the devil; the devil doesn't punish you for behaving well,… — Jacob Bronowski
He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain. — John Ray
The Devil may also make use of morality. — Karl Barth
Men are nicotine soaked, beer besmirched, whiskey greased, red-eyed devils. — Carrie Nation
Loneliness is dangerous ... because if aloneness does not lead to God, it leads to the devil. It leads to the self. — Joyce Carol Oates
Woman [in the 14th century] was the Church's rival, the temptress, the distraction, the obstacle to holiness, the Devil's decoy. — Barbara Tuchman

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