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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).
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell
Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail.
Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail.
Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all.
Every man for himself, his own ends, the devil for all.
"I think if the devil doesn't exist, then man has created him.
He has created him in his own read more
"I think if the devil doesn't exist, then man has created him.
He has created him in his own image and likeness." "Just as man
created God, then?" observed Alyosha.
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.
Satan exalted sat, by merit raised
To that bad eminence.
Satan exalted sat, by merit raised
To that bad eminence.
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.
And bid the devil take the hin'most.
And bid the devil take the hin'most.
