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It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount read more
It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.
What, man, defy the devil? Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.
What, man, defy the devil? Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.
The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.
The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.
 From morn
 To moon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,
  A summer's day; and with the read more 
 From morn
 To moon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,
  A summer's day; and with the setting sun
   Dropt from the zenith like a falling star. 
 The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile,
 Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived
  The mother read more 
 The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile,
 Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived
  The mother of mankind. 
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.
 When the devil drives, needs must. (Needs must when the devil 
drives.)  
 When the devil drives, needs must. (Needs must when the devil 
drives.) 
 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he 
will flee from you.  
 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he 
will flee from you. 
If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.
If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.