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No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but read more
No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but he suffers from it.
Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.
Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.
 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it 
shall bring him to the king of terrors.  
 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it 
shall bring him to the king of terrors. 
 I charge thee, Satan, housed within this man,
 To yield possession to my holy prayers,
  And to read more 
 I charge thee, Satan, housed within this man,
 To yield possession to my holy prayers,
  And to thy state of darkness hie thee straight.
   I conjure thee by all the saints in heaven. 
 This is a devil, and no monster. I will leave him; I have no 
long spoon.  
 This is a devil, and no monster. I will leave him; I have no 
long spoon. 
 "I think if the devil doesn't exist, then man has created him. 
He has created him in his own read more 
 "I think if the devil doesn't exist, then man has created him. 
He has created him in his own image and likeness." "Just as man 
created God, then?" observed Alyosha. 
The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.
The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.
 I call'd the devil, and he came,
 And with wonder his form did I closely scan;
  He read more 
 I call'd the devil, and he came,
 And with wonder his form did I closely scan;
  He is not ugly, and is not lame,
   But really a handsome and charming man.
    A man in the prime of life is the devil,
     Obliging, a man of the world, and civil;
      A diplomatist too, well skill'd in debate,
       He talks quite glibly of church and state. 
The bane of all that dread the Devil!
The bane of all that dread the Devil!