Devil Quotes
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As they say in the old legends]Before a man goes to the devil himself, he sends plenty of other souls thither.
William Makepeace Thackeray -
Drunkenness is a flattering devil, a sweet poison, a pleasant sin, which whosoever hath, hath not himself, which whosoever doth commit, doth not commit sin, but he himself is wholly sin.
Saint Augustine
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When you educate without the Holy Spirit, you only get a clever devil.
Adrian Rogers -
It's the Devil's way now, There is no way out, You can scream and you can shout, It is too late now.
Thomas Edward Yorke Atoms for Peace -
Refrain to-night; And that shall lend a kind of easiness To the next abstinence, the next more easy; For use almost can change the stamp of nature, And either master the devil or throw him out With wondrous potency.
William Shakespeare -
When the devil starts messing, God starts blessing.
Robert W. Schambach -
The devil knew what he did when he made men politic; he crossed himself by it.
William Shakespeare -
Hell is the highest reward that the devil can offer you for being a servant of his.
Billy Sunday
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Twixt devil and deep sea, man hacks his caves; Birth, death; one, many; what is true, and seems; Earth's vast hot iron, cold space's empty waves.
William Empson -
Sometimes it's better to be with the devil u know than the angel u didn't know.
Al Pacino -
I hope something happens. I'm restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in love and growing domestic.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
I hope you're representing the devil's advocate.
Charles Olson -
When it comes to politics today, the devils' not in the details; the devil's in the big picture, more often than not just hiding in plain sight.
Marianne Williamson -
Does the devil know he is a devil?
Elizabeth Madox Roberts
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The Devil often transforms himself into an angel to tempt men, some for their instruction, some for their ruin.
Saint Augustine -
They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love.
William Shakespeare -
However much I have frequented the mystics, deep down I have always sided with the Devil; unable to equal him in power, I have tried to be worthy of him, at least, in insolence, acrimony, arbitrariness and caprice.
Emil Cioran -
Most Authors cringe and flatter and Fish for compliments. If they fail to get Applause, they say the World is a Scurvy Place and those who dwell therein a Dirty Lot: if they succeed, they give thanks to Nobody, saying they got only what their Meritt entitles them to. But I rather like the World. The Flesh is pleasing and the Devil does not trouble me.
Elbert Hubbard -
To attain our aim we should stop at nothing even if we must join forces with the devil.
Adolf Hitler -
With these kinds of proposals, the devil is in the details. We're going to examine this realignment closely. We will fight any measure that compromises our needs - now or in the future.
John B. Larson
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The devil is an angel too.
Miguel de Unamuno -
Fame is often called a deal with the devil. Reality show fame is a really bad deal with the devil.
Jane Velez-Mitchell -
I have ideas every day, and if I'm not carrying a pad of paper, I'm typing it into the notes thing on my iPhone, and it's just ridiculous - idle hands are the devil's plaything, and I can't be the devil's plaything. I got to be the devil; I got to be the guy making it all happen.
Corey Taylor Stone Sour -
God Almighty never intended that the devil should triumph over the Church. He never intended that the saloons should walk rough-shod over Christianity.
Billy Sunday