Devil Quotes

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh
about, seeking whom he may devour.
?Bible, 1 Peter 5:8

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when
they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.
?Sir Roger L'Estrange

The devil's most devilish when respectable.
?Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Satan is wiser now than before, and
tempts by making rich instead of poor.
?Alexander Pope

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he
can make people worse than they are.
?Karl Kraus

The Devil himself is good, when he is pleased.
?Thomas Fuller, M. D.

The devil takes a hand in what is done in haste.
?Kurdish Proverb

Whenever science makes a discovery, the
devil grabs it while the angels are
debating the best way to use it.
?Alan Valentine

When you're between any sort of devil and
the deep blue sea, the deep blue sea
sometimes looks very inviting.
?Terence Rattigan

Illusion is the dust the devil throws
in the eyes of the foolish.
?Minna Thomas Antrim