Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes About Devil
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Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.
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Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time.
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We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.
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Publishers are all cohorts of the devil; there must be a special hell for them somewhere.
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I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.
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When toward the Devil's Hose we tread, Woman's a thousand steps behind. [Ger., Denn geht es zu des Bosen Haus Das Weib hat tausend Schritt voraus.]
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No, no! The devil is an egotist, And is not apt, without why or wherefore, "For God's sake," others to assist. [Ger., Nein, nein! Der Teufel ist ein Egoist Und thut nicht leicht um Gottes Willen, Was einem Andern nutzlich ist.]
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Nature is so perfect that the Trinity couldn't have fashioned her any more perfect. She is an organ on which our Lord plays and the devil works the bellows.
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If all these devils really exist it proves there must be angels, too.
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The march of intellect, which licks all the world into shape, has even reached the devil.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Born: August 28, 1749
- Died: March 22, 1832
- Occupation: Writer