"I sympathize afresh with the mighty Voltaire who, when badgered on his deathbed and urged to renounce the devil, murmured that this was no time to be making enemies."
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"We are oft to blame in this, - 'tis too much proved, - that with devotion's visage, and pios action we do sugar o'er the devil himself."
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"If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons."
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"God seeks comrades and claims love, The devil seeks slaves and claims obedience."
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"The anarchic is the true divine state of man in the end as in the beginning; but in between it would lead us straight to the devil and his kingdom."
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"The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition."
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"If not reason, then the devil."
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"Rough, boisterous, stormy and altogether warlike, I am born to fight against innumerable monsters and devils."
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"The devil was the first democrat"
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"Through pride the devil became the devil. Pride leads to every vice, it's the complete anti-God state of mind."
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"The devil is in the detail."
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"The devil's script sells you the heart of a blackbird."
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"One sees more devils than vast hell can hold"
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"...the person who surrenders absolutely to God, with no reservations, is absolutely safe. From this safe hiding-place he can see the devil , but the devil cannot see him."
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"I turned my back on the devil, turned my back on the angel too."
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"If devils exist, their first aim is to give you an anesthetic -- to put you off your guard. Only if that fails, do you become aware of them."
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"Hurry is not of the devil; hurry is the devil."
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"If you sell your soul to the devil, you get more grain."
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"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."
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"The devil has his elect."
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