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The Devil himself is good, when he is pleased.
The Devil himself is good, when he is pleased.
 The spirit that I have seen
 May be a devil, and the devil hath power
  T' assume read more 
 The spirit that I have seen
 May be a devil, and the devil hath power
  T' assume a pleasing shape, yea, and perhaps
   Out of my weakness and my melancholy,
    As he is very potent with such spirits,
     Abuses me to damn me. 
 When the devil drives, needs must. (Needs must when the devil 
drives.)  
 When the devil drives, needs must. (Needs must when the devil 
drives.) 
 "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's most devilish when respectable.
The devil's most devilish when respectable.
 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a 
roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may read more 
 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a 
roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. 
 Accursed be he who plays with the devil.
 [Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.]  
 Accursed be he who plays with the devil.
 [Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.] 
Bid the Devil take the slowest.
Bid the Devil take the slowest.
What, man, defy the devil? Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.
What, man, defy the devil? Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.