Devil Quotes

Casting out devils is mere juggling; they never cast out any but what they first cast in.

How lucky Adam was. He knew when he said a good thing, nobody had said it before. Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant.

The Devil takes the hindmost.

I have no doubt the Devil grins, As seas of ink I spatter. Ye gods, forgive my “literary” sins – The other kind don’t matter.

We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talent.

As good eat the devil as the broth he was boiled in.

He must needs go whom the devil drives. (All’s Well That Ends Well)

Satan (impatiently) to New Comer. The trouble with you Chicago people is, that you think you are the best people down here; whereas you are merely the most numerous.

The Devil of the Negro is white.

To deny the existence of these evil spirits, to deny the existence of the Devil, is to deny the truth of the New Testament. To deny the existence of these imps of darkness is to contradict the words of Jesus Christ… If we give up the belief in devils, we must give up the inspiration […]