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    Culture which smooth the whole world licks,
    Also unto the devil sticks.
    [Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt beleckt,
    Hat auf den Teufel sich erstreckt.]

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Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge Found in: Devil Quotes,
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When the devil drives, needs must. (Needs must when the devil
drives.)

When the devil drives, needs must. (Needs must when the devil
drives.)

by John Heywood Found in: Devil Quotes,
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If the devil does not exist, and man has therefore created him, he has created him in his own image read more

If the devil does not exist, and man has therefore created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 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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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.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Devil Quotes,
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Black it stood as night,
Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell,
And shook a dreadful dart; read more

Black it stood as night,
Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell,
And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head
The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Satan was now at hand.

by John Milton Found in: Devil Quotes,
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Bid the Devil take the slowest.

Bid the Devil take the slowest.

by Matthew Prior Found in: Devil Quotes,
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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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What, man, defy the devil? Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

What, man, defy the devil? Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Devil Quotes,
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