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Devil Quotes by Ambrose Bierce
- Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.
- IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.
- WALL STREET, n. A symbol for sin for every devil to rebuke. That Wall Street is a den of thieves is a belief that serves…
- Introduction - a social ceremony invented by the devil for the gratification of his servants and the plaguing of his enemies.
- WITCH, n. (1) Any ugly and repulsive old woman, in a wicked league with the devil. (2) A beautiful and attractive young woman, in wickedness…
- GUNPOWDER, n. An agency employed by civilized nations for the settlement of disputes which might become troublesome if left unadjusted. By most writers the invention…
- ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the _buffone_, or clown, and was therefore the ape of an…
- OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an _old man_. Discredited by lapse of time and offensive…
- FEMALE, n. One of the opposing, or unfair, sex. The Maker, at Creation's birth, With living things had stocked the earth. From elephants to bats…
- OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus tells…
More Devil Quotes
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- It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. — Saint Augustine
- God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The devil wants… — Ezra Taft Benson
- Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude… — Lionel Blue
- When we are going to enter the water ... in the presence of the congregation and under the hand of the president,… — Tertullian
- A criminal trial is like a cultural in-flight test in which society projects its own history, fears, impatience, insolence, clemency, insecurities, dreams… — Ron Franscell
- In pain shall you bring forth children, woman, and you shall turn to your husband and he shall rule over you. And… — Tertullian