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    Culture which smooth the whole world licks,
    Also unto the devil sticks.
    [Ger., Auch die Kultur, die alle Welt beleckt,
    Hat auf den Teufel sich erstreckt.]

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

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

by Alan Valentine Found in: Devil Quotes,
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The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

by Karl Kraus Found in: Devil Quotes,
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And bid the devil take the hin'most.

And bid the devil take the hin'most.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Devil Quotes,
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If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.

If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say.

by Bob Marley Found in: Devil Quotes,
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His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it
shall bring him to the king of terrors.

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it
shall bring him to the king of terrors.

by Bible Found in: Devil Quotes,
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Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

by Bible, 1 Peter 5:8 Found in: Devil Quotes,
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Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick
(Though he gave his name to our Old Nick).

Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick
(Though he gave his name to our Old Nick).

by Samuel Butler Found in: Devil Quotes,
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No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but read more

No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but he suffers from it.

by Guy H. King Found in: Devil Quotes,
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Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon
That shal ete with a feend.

Therefore it behooveth hire a full long spoon
That shal ete with a feend.

by Geoffrey Chaucer Found in: Devil Quotes,
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