Devil Quote by Robertson Davies

“On the whole, we treat the Devil shamefully, and the worse we treat Him the more He laughs at us.”

Robertson Davies

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.6 out of 5 (4 ratings)

Devil Devil Shamefully Laughing Satanic Shamefully Shamefully Worse Treat Devil Treats Worse Treat

More by Robertson Davies

“...the irrational will have its say, perhaps because 'irrational' is the wrong word for it.”

Robertson Davies

Image

If you're going to do something that looks evil, don't smear it with icing and pretend it's good; just bloody well do it and…

Robertson Davies

Image

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.

Robertson Davies

Image

Although there may be nothing new under the sun, what is old is new to us and so rich and astonishing that we never…

Robertson Davies

Image

If I had to describe my remarks this evening frankly as if I were in police court and on oath, so to speak I…

Robertson Davies

Image

The people of the United States, perhaps more than any other nation in history, love to abase themselves and proclaim their unworthiness, and seem…

Robertson Davies

Image

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…

Robertson Davies

Image

Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb

Robertson Davies

Image

“My lifelong involvement with Mrs Dempster began at 5:58 o'clock p.m. on 27 December 1908, at which time I was ten years and seven months old.”

Robertson Davies

Image

In a government like ours, the Crown is the abiding and unshakable element in government; politicians may come and go, but the Crown remains…

Robertson Davies

Image

The art of the quoter is to know when to stop.

Robertson Davies

Image

There can be no doubt that Samuel Marchbanks is one of the choice and master spirits of this age. If there were such a…

Robertson Davies

Image

Explore all 357 Robertson Davies quotes

More Devil quotes

“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

Image

Alimony - the ransom that the happy pay to the devil.

H. L. Mencken

Image

“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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

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

Image

Wine is the first weapon that devils use in attacking the young

St. Jerome

Image

“I tend to agree with that little devil more and more these days.”

Elle Casey

Image

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

Image

“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

Image

Browse all 3,173 Devil quotes

Devil Quote by Robertson Davies

Related quotes

More by Robertson Davies

More Devil quotes