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    His form had yet not lost
    All his original brightness, not appear'd
    Less than arch-angel ruined, and th' excess
    Of glory obscured.

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Accursed be he who plays with the devil.
[Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.]

Accursed be he who plays with the devil.
[Ger., Verflucht wer mit dem Teufel spielt.]

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From his brimstone bed, at break of day,
A-walking the Devil is gone,
To look at his read more

From his brimstone bed, at break of day,
A-walking the Devil is gone,
To look at his little snug farm of the world,
And see how his stock went on.

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The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

by Robert Louis Stevenson Found in: Devil Quotes,
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The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it.

The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Devil Quotes,
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It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount read more

It is wonderful how much time good people spend fighting the devil. If they would only expend the same amount of energy loving their fellow men, the devil would die in his own tracks of ennui.

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The prince of darkness is a gentleman.
Modo he's called, and Mahu.

The prince of darkness is a gentleman.
Modo he's called, and Mahu.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Devil Quotes,
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Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail.

Swings the scaly horror of his folded tail.

by John Milton Found in: Devil Quotes,
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The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile,
Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived
The mother read more

The infernal serpent; he it was whose guile,
Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived
The mother of mankind.

by John Milton Found in: Devil Quotes,
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The devil, my friends, is a woman just now.
'Tis a woman that reigns in Hell.

The devil, my friends, is a woman just now.
'Tis a woman that reigns in Hell.

by Lord Lytton Found in: Devil Quotes,
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