Devil Quotes - Page 28

• A sneer is the weapon of the weak. Like other devil's weapons, it is always cunningly ready to our hand, and there is more poison in the handle than in the point.

  James Russell Lowell

  Hands, Poison, Weapons

  James Russell Lowell (1846). “Conversations on Some of the Old Poets”, p.58

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• Don't board with the devil if you wish to be fat.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Wish, Boards, Fats

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2697, Delphi Classics

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• Truly speech has wonderful strength and power, that through a mere word, proceeding out of the mouth of a poor human creature, the devil, that so proud and powerful spirit, should be driven away, shamed and confounded.

  Martin Luther

  Powerful, Mouths, Speech

  Martin Luther (1848). “The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt”, p.22

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• A fiery shield is God's Word; of more substance and purer than gold, which, tried in the fire, loses nought of its substance, but resists and overcomes all the fury of the fiery heat; even so, he that believes God's Word overcomes all, and remains secure everlastingly, against all misfortunes; for this shield fears nothing, neither hell nor the devil.

  Martin Luther

  Believe, Fire, Gold

  Martin Luther, Alexander Chalmers (1857). “The Table Talk of Martin Luther”, p.19

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• It hath been said, that there is of nothing so much in hell as of self-will. The which is true, for there is nothing else there than self-will, and if there were no self-will, there would be no Devil and no hell. When it is said that Lucifer fell from Heaven, and turned away from God and the like, it meaneth nothing else than that he would have his own will, and would not be at one with the Eternal Will. So was it likewise with Adam in Paradise. And when we say Self-will, we mean, to will otherwise than as the One and Eternal Will of God willeth.

  Martin Luther

  Mean, Self, Heaven

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• God indeed tempteth no man; but yet we ask, in this petition, that he would keep and preserve us, lest the devil, the world, and our own flesh delude and draw us away from the true faith, and throw us into superstition, distrust, despair, and other grievous sins and wickedness; and that, if we should be tempted therewith even to the highest degree, we still may conquer, and at last triumph over them.

  Martin Luther

  Men, Despair, Triumph

  Martin Luther (2017). “Martin Luther's Table Talk”, p.72, Gideon House Books

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• There's nothing like being in fashion. A man that has once got his character up for a wit is always sure of a laugh, say what he may. He may utter as much nonsense as he pleases, and all will pass current. No one stops to question the coin of a rich man; but a poor devil cannot pass off either a joke or a guinea without its being examined on both sides. Wit and coin are always doubted with a threadbare coat.

  Washington Irving

  Fashion, Character, Men

  Washington Irving, Charles Neider (1998). “The Complete Tales of Washington Irving”, p.274, Da Capo Press

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• The faith towards God in Christ must be sure and steadfast, that it may solace and make glad the conscience, and put it to rest. When a man has this certainty, he has overcome the serpent; but if he be doubtful of the doctrine, it is for him very dangerous to dispute with the devil.

  Martin Luther

  Men, Overcoming, Doctrine

  Martin Luther (1848). “The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt”, p.19

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• Rough, boisterous, stormy and altogether warlike, I am born to fight against innumerable monsters and devils.

  Martin Luther

  Fighting, Monsters, Boisterous

  Quoted in Vincent Cronin The Flowering of the Renaissance (1969).

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• The Devil is a woman.

  Camille Paglia

  Camille Paglia (2018). “Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism”, p.39, Canongate Books

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• Oh yeah, gossip. I heard you on the secret wireless. You know the devil's radio child.

  George Harrison

  Children, Gossip, Secret

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• A witch is a person who hath conference with the Devil to consult with him or to do some act.

  Edward Coke

  Witch, Conferences, Persons

  "The Witch-Cult in Western Europe: A Study in Anthropology". Book by Margaret Alice Murray, 2007.

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• If you aim at a Scottish presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy, as God and the devil. ... No bishop, no King! I will make them conform themselves, or else I will harry them out of the land, or else do worse.

  King James I

  Kings, Land, Bishops

  Speaking of the Puritans at Hampton Court Conference, January 16, 1604.

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• We're a long, long way from home, Bobbie; Home's a long, long way from us. I feel a dirty wind blowing; Devils and dust.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Dirty, Home, Wind Blowing

  Song: Devils and Dust, Album: Devils & Dust, 2005

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• I am a night creature, and I write from midnight till dawn, secluded in my office and surrounded by my collection of dragons (I have 400 of them). I only use Macintosh computers, which I name in dynastic order. Right now I'm using MacDragon 5. Only the devil is able to decipher my handwriting.

  Carlos Ruiz Zafon

  Writing, Night, Dragons

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• The devil has no power ... except in the dark.

  Cassandra Clare

  Dark

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• Jesus did not come to the Earth to start 285 squabbling denominations fighting over the Bible. How like the devil to divide Christians over the Bible.

  John Hagee

  Christian, Jesus, Fighting

  "How Free Is Freedom?". July 02, 2006.

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• During the first quarter of the last century, seaside resorts became the fashion, even in those countries of Northern Europe within the minds of whose people the sea had hitherto held the role of the devil, the cold and voracious hereditary foe of humanity.

  Isak Dinesen

  Country, Fashion, Book

  Isak Dinesen (2011). “Seven Gothic Tales”, p.1, Vintage

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• It's the Devil's way now,
  There is no way out,
  You can scream and you can shout,
  It is too late now.

  Thom Yorke

  Too Late, Way, Scream

  "Song: '2 + 2 = 5'". 2003.

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• Of course the Devil is laughing at folks for believing it [Big Bang, etc.]. But hey, it works, it sends 'em to Hell, so he'll use it.

  Kent Hovind

  Believe, Laughing, Bangs

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• There’s always been a need for horror fiction, though - ghost stories have been a staple of every human society since the beginning of recorded literature - and while commercially the field may have its ups and downs, it will never go away. Hell, look at the Bible: gods, devils, ghosts, witches, giants, resurrections. That’s one big horror story. And it’s the most popular book on the planet.

  Bentley Little

  Book, Ghost Stories, Horror Stories

  "Bentley Little: The Elusive Dark Scribe Speaks". Interview with Vince A. Liaguno, www.darkscribemagazine.com. September 13, 2007.

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• Spiritual pride is the worst of all pride, if it is not the worst snare of the devil. The heart is peculiarly deceitful on just this one thing.

  Ichabod Spencer

  Spiritual, Heart, Pride

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• The devil, as a master of deceit, does everything he can to keep people from believing in the existence of a hell; but hell is a literal state of existence that will be the plight of all those who reject the Lord Jesus Christ.

  Tim LaHaye

  Jesus, Believe, People

  Tim LaHaye (2010). “Revelation Unveiled”, p.418, Zondervan

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• The Devil is a Five-headed
  Snake, says the father.
  The son says, Nay, it's a Six-headed one.
  And then their hearts burn
  with hate for each others -
  and they live apart for many years.

  Subramanya Bharathi

  Father, Hate, Heart

  "When I Think Of My People Broken Down". "Journal of South Asian Literature", Vol. 12, No. 1, published by Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, (p. 11), 1976.

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• We are told that if you are not occupied with the mind all the time, then you will invite the devil. It is such a heightened misconception that people are going crazy just because of this. An empty mind is not the devil's home but an empty mind is the home of the Buddha.

  Anandmurti Gurumaa

  Crazy, Home, Empty Mind

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