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