Quotes About Devil

Der Teufel ist nicht der Fürst der Materie, der Teufel ist die Anmaßung des Geistes, der Glaube ohne ein Lächeln, die Wahrheit, die niemals vom Zweifel erfasst wird.

Il riso libera il villano dalla paura del diavolo, perché nella festa degli stolti anche il diavolo appare povero e stolto, dunque controllabile. Ma questo libro potrebbe insegnare che liberarsi della paura del diavolo è sapienza.

o ella lo sedujo a él, como Eloísa sedujo a Abelardo, ¡porque no olvides que a través de la mujer penetra el diablo en el corazón de los hombres!

often inquisitors create heretics. And not only in the sense that they imagine heretics where they do not exist, but also that inquisitors repress the heretical putrefaction so vehemently that many are driven to share in it, in their hatred of the judges. Truly, a circle conceived by the devil.

Si, te han mentido. El diablo no es el príncipe de la materia, el diablo es la arrogancia del espíritu, la fe sin sonrisa, la verdad jamás tocada por la duda. El diablo es sombrío porque sabe adónde va y siempre va hacia el sitio que procede. Eres el diablo, y como el diablo vives en las tinieblas.

You mean that between desiring good and desiring evil there is a brief step, because it is always a matter of directing the will. This is true. But the difference lies in the object, and the object is clearly recognizable. God on this side, the Devil on that.

Symbol sometimes of the Devil, sometimes of the Risen Christ, no animal is more untrustworthy than the cock.

You could never be sure how much of it was acting, for he was sly as the devil, and not above using his arts on those he loved.

clichés got that way because they reflected reality. Better the devil you know. Don't take sweets from strangers.

God will bless you,' said he, 'you are an angel since you take care of the flowers.' 'No,' she replied. 'I am the devil, but that's all the same to me.

But alas, if I have not maintained my victory, it is God's fault for not making man and the devil of equal strength.

Some odd things were found; among other things the skeleton of an ourang-outang which disappeared from the Jardin des Plantes in 1800, a disappearance probably connected with the famous and incontestable appearance of the devil in the Rue des Bernardins in the last year of the eighteenth century. The poor devil finally drowned himself in the sewer.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil.

To cling to his paradise and become a devil or become a saint by going back to hell?

God will reward you, he said. You must be an angel since you care for flowers. I'm no angel, she replied. I'm the devil, but it's all the same to me.

O amor é uma criança de seis mil anos, que pode usar de compridas barbas brancas. Matusalém ao pé de Cupido é um fedelho. Há sessenta séculos que o homem e a mulher vencem todos os obstáculos, amando-se. O diabo, que é fino, entrou a odiar o homem, porém, o homem, que ainda é mais fino, entrou a amar a mulher. Deste modo tem conseguido fazer mais bem do que o mal que o diabo lhe tem causado!

It cast an unholy glow all around him - which was entirely appropriate, because Julian was as seductive as mortal sin and as haughty as the devil.

He was a free thinker, and had little faith in God, although his name was constantly on his lips. He had lived too long, and mixed too much with men, to believe that God meddles much with the affairs of this world; on the other hand, he had a strong belief in the devil, of whom he stood in great fear.

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil fell in love. It did not end well.

Once upon a time, an angel lay dying in the mist. And a devil knelt over him and smiled.

Once upon a time, an angel and a devil held a wishbone between them. And its snap split the world in two.

She had been innocent once, a little girl playing with feathers on the floor of a devil's lair. She wasn't innocent now, but she didn't know what to do about it. This was her life: magic and shame and secrets and teeth and a deep, nagging hollow at the center of herself where something was most certainly missing.

Once upon a time,an angel and a devil pressed their hands to their hearts and started the apocalypse.

In moments Akiva was up in the ether, scarcely feeling the sting of ice crystals in the thin air. He let his glamour fall away, and his wings were like sheets of fire sweeping the black of the heavens. He moved at speed, onward toward another human city to find another doorway bitter with the devil's magic, and after that another, until all bore the black handprint....Once all the doors were marked, the end would begin. And it would begin with fire.