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"I admit that I ain't no angel, I admit that I ain't no saint - I'm selfish and I'm cruel and I'm blind. If I exorcise my devils, well my angels may leave too. When they leave they're so hard to find."
"Gods suppressed become devils, and often it is these devils whom we first encounter when we turn inward."
"Since all the riches of this world May be gifts from the Devil and earthly kings, I should suspect that I worshipp'd the Devil If I thank'd my God for worldly things."
"And so it is, that both the Devil and the angelic Spirit present us with objects of desire to awaken our power of choice."
"But God fears women even more that He fears the devil- and is right to. She, with her power to bring life into the world, was truly made in the image of the Creator, not man."
"We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens."
"It takes a real man to live for God-a lot more man than to live for the devil, you know? If you really want to live right these days, you gotta be tough."
"The devil is no longer looking for an open door in your life. He will take any crack you give him."
"The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck."
"Not on morality, but on cookery, let us build our stronghold: there brandishing our frying-pan, as censer, let us offer sweet incense to the Devil, and live at ease on the fat things he has provided for his elect!"
"And if there were a devil it would not be one who decided against God, but one who, in eternity, came to no decision."
"All accusation is of the devil, no matter where it comes from. It is just as dangerous to accuse others as it is to give the accuser room in your own life. The accuser gives no hope. God does not accuse us, but He does give us promptings that bring light and hope."
"Idle hands are the devil's playthings."
"The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil."
"And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil."
"The devil is only a convenient myth invented by the real malefactors of our world."
"Onstage, I am a devil. But I'm hardly a social reject."
"This place is the Devil, or at least his principal residence, they call it the University, but any other appellation would have suited it much better, for study is the last pursuit of the society; the Master eats, drinks, and sleeps, the Fellows drink, dispute and pun, the employments of the undergraduates you will probably conjecture without my description."
"Readers are advised to remember that the devil is a liar."
"Rock's always been the devil's music."
