#devil

A bad book is the worse that it cannot repent. It has not been the devil's policy to keep the masses of mankind in ignorance; but finding that they will read, he is doing all in his power to poison their books. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by. ↗

— Ian MacKaye

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Though an angel should write, still 'tis devils must print. ↗

— Thomas Moore

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Treat every Frenchman as if he was the devil himself. ↗

— Lord Nelson

#every #frenchman #himself #treat

The Devil is like a strainer that separates the mud from the gold. ↗

— Carlos Santana

#gold #like #mud #separates

This opinion, however, is held by most, that the devil was an angel, and that, having become an apostate, he induced as many of the angels as possible to fall away with himself, and these up to the present time are called his angels. ↗

— Origen

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It is not a God, just and good, but a devil, under the name of God, that the Bible describes. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl. ↗

— Francis Thompson

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