"Have you ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight?"
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"Wealth is the Conjurer's Devil, Whom, when he thinks he hath, the Devil hath him."
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"God made food; the devil the cooks."
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"It is Lucifer, The son of mystery; And since God suffers him to be, He too, is God's minister, And labors for some good By us not understood."
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"The devil doesn't stay where there is music."
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"The devil loves 'curing' a small fault by giving you a great one."
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"His life rushes onward in such torrential rhythm that...only angels and devils can catch the tempo of it."
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"Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my prayer, for here he comes in the likeness of a Jew."
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"We are the living devils."
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"Satan's successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips."
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"In Haitian mythology there is the figure Ghede, who in West Africa, is Iku, whose role is to show "each man his devil." He's represented by a figure wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar. That's my gig."
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"I feel like if you're in Jersey, you have to be a Jersey Devils fan. Anybody born within the confines of the border of the state of New Jersey, I feel, should be a Jersey Devils fan."
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"Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks."
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"I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains."
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"Our refusal to fear reminds the devil that he is finished!"
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"What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind."
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"All the stories I would like to write persecute me. When I am in my chamber, it seems as if they are all around me, like little devils, and while one tugs at my ear, another tweaks my nose, and each says to me, 'Sir, write me, I am beautiful."
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"When, therefore, man lives according to man, not according to God, he is like the devil."
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"A dance is the devil's procession, and he that entereth into a dance, entereth into his possession."
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"There is not one among us in whom a devil does not dwell; at some time, on some point, that devil masters each of us... It is not having been in the Dark House, but having left it, that counts."
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