25 quotes about Devil

The devil's most devilish when respectable.

— Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

The devil is the author of confusion.

— Burton, Robert

The devil has his elect.

— Carlyle, Thomas

Satan trembles when he sees the weakest saint upon their knees.

— Cowper, William

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

— Fuller, R. Buckminster

I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.

— Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, You Only Live Once.

— Harris, Sidney J.

The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.

— Havner, Vance

Why should the devil have all the good tunes?

— Hill, Rowland

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.

— L'Estrange, Sir Roger

Satan is neither omnipotent nor free to do everything he pleases. Prince of the world he may be, but the Prince of Peace has come and dealt him a death blow.

— Lindsell, Harold

The devil is God's ape!

— Luther, Martin

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

— Pope, Alexander

Speak the truth and shame the devil.

— Proverb

The devil tempts all men, but idle men tempt the devil.

— Proverb, Arabian

Speak of the Devil and he appears.

— Proverb, Italian

At sometime in our lives a devil dwells within us, causes heartbreaks, confusion and troubles, then dies.

— Roosevelt, Theodore

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

— Schweitzer, Albert

The devil can site scripture for his own purpose! An evil soul producing holy witness is like a villain with a smiling cheek. [Merchant Of Venice]

— Shakespeare, William

The devil has the power to assume a pleasing shape.

— Shakespeare, William

The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.

— Thompson, Francis

The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.

— Tozer, A. W.

Whenever science makes a discovery, the devil grabs it while the angels are debating the best way to use it.

— Valentine, Alan

You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts.

— Voltaire

Satan always finds some mischief for idle hands to do.

— Watts, Isaac