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    No, no! The devil is an egotist,
    And is not apt, without why or wherefore,
    "For God's sake," others to assist.
    [Ger., Nein, nein! Der Teufel ist ein Egoist
    Und thut nicht leicht um Gottes Willen,
    Was einem Andern nutzlich ist.]

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The Devil himself is good, when he is pleased.

The Devil himself is good, when he is pleased.

by Thomas Fuller, M.d. Found in: Devil Quotes,
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Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.

Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.

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The lunatic, the lover, and the poet
Are of imagination all compact.
One sees more devils than read more

The lunatic, the lover, and the poet
Are of imagination all compact.
One sees more devils than vast hell can hold;
That is the madman. The lover, all as frantic,
Sees Helen's beauty in a brow of Egypt.
The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;
And as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Devil Quotes,
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The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

by Karl Kraus Found in: Devil Quotes,
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Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon
That shal ete with a feend.

Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon
That shal ete with a feend.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Devil Quotes,
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Tell your master that if there were as many devils at Worms as
tiles on its roofs, I would read more

Tell your master that if there were as many devils at Worms as
tiles on its roofs, I would enter.

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The devil, my friends, is a woman just now.
'Tis a woman that reigns in Hell.

The devil, my friends, is a woman just now.
'Tis a woman that reigns in Hell.

by Lord Lytton Found in: Devil Quotes,
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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.

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When you're between any sort of devil and the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea sometimes looks very inviting.

When you're between any sort of devil and the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea sometimes looks very inviting.

by Terence Rattigan Found in: Devil Quotes,
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