#devil

It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only. ↗

— William Blake

#another #because #devils #expect #god

Pious XII was too neutral to mention the gas chambers; decent people like my own family were turned into devils by crude Christianity. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#christianity #crude #decent #decent people #devils

I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains. ↗

— Lord Byron

#codes #devils #hell #help #humanity

I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#devil #fact #facts #god #great

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#devil #favourable #hell #hitler #house

The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love. ↗

— Henry Fielding

#devil #i #i think #love #me

Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil. ↗

— W. C. Fields

#actress #devil #great #husband #i

I had a very bad time with acid. I did that classic thing of looking in the mirror by mistake and seeing the devil. But I took it several times, because you always think that next time you might have the wonderful time that everyone else is having. ↗

— Robbie Coltrane

#always #bad #bad time #because #classic

الرب أعطى النقود، والشيطان صنع ثقباً. وها هي نقود الرب تتسرب عبر ثقب الشيطان. ↗

— Valentin Rasputin

#devil #drinking #god #management #money

Music lets you write your own checks. Don't ever forget that. ↗

— Jason Jack Miller

#appalachian-fiction #deal-with-the-devil #jason-jack-miller #murder-ballads-and-whiskey #supernatural