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    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.

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And bid the devil take the hin'most.

And bid the devil take the hin'most.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Devil Quotes,
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His form had yet not lost
All his original brightness, not appear'd
Less than arch-angel ruined, and read more

His form had yet not lost
All his original brightness, not appear'd
Less than arch-angel ruined, and th' excess
Of glory obscured.

by John Milton Found in: Devil Quotes,
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"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.

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Found in: Devil Quotes,
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Here is the devil-and-all to pay.

Here is the devil-and-all to pay.

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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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Culture which smooth the whole world licks,
Also unto the devil sticks.
[Ger., Auch die Kultur, die read more

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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Satan; so call him now, his former name
Is heard no more in heaven.

Satan; so call him now, his former name
Is heard no more in heaven.

by John Milton 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 devil's most devilish when respectable.

The devil's most devilish when respectable.

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