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Letter "T" » the Devil
«People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.»
«No one is a firmer believer in the power of prayer than the devil; not that he practices it, but he suffers from it.»
«It is a masterpiece of the devil to make us believe that children cannot understand religion. Would Christ have made a child the standard of faith if He had known that it was not capable of understanding His words?»
«If the devil does not exist, and man has therefore created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness»
«May you get to heaven a half hour before the devil knows you're dead»
«If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old»
«IDLENESS, n. A model farm where the devil experiments with seeds of new sins and promotes the growth of staple vices.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
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Editor,
Journalist,
Writer)
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The Farm,
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«The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn»
Author: Martin Luther
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Priest,
Scholar)
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«Show me a great actor and I'll show you a lousy husband. Show me a great actress, and you've seen the devil.»
«I think the devil will not have [you] damned, lest the oil that's in [you] should set hell on fire.»
Author: William Shakespeare
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Dramatist,
Playwright,
Poet)
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Keywords:
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Have You,
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