Edwin Hubbel Chapin Quotes

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

When devils will the blackest sins put on They do suggest at first with heavenly shows

The Devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.

I have never met any really wicked person before. I feel rather frightened. I am so afraid he will look just like every one else.

The Devil, having nothing else to do Went off to tempt my Lady Poltagrue. My Lady, tempted by a private whim, To his extreme annoyance, tempted him.

Oh Satan you're a wily one.

Behind the cross is the devil.

The Devil is easy to identify. He appears when you're terribly tired and makes a very reasonable request which you know you shouldn't grant.

The ravening wolves are amongst us, from our own membership, and they, more than any others, are clothed in sheep's clothing, because they wear the habiliments of the priesthood…We should be careful of them.

We may well lie with what seems to be a woman of flesh and blood, and yet all the time it is only a devil in the shape of a woman.

A man, well, he'll walk right into Hell with both eyes open. But even the devil can't fool a dog.

If you give way to fear, you'll be a coward; and ... a coward is apt to be a liar. The devil's first name is Fear.

They say that the Devil is a charming man. And just like you I bet he can dance.

She's a devil in disguise, I can tell by looking in her eyes, little Miss Strange.

The devil makes many disciples by preaching against sin. He convinces them that the great evil of sin, induces a crisis of guilt by which “God is satisfied," and after that he lets them spend the rest of their lives meditating on the intense sinfulness and evident reprobation of other men.

Through tattered clothes, small vices do appear. Robes and furred gowns hide all.

The Diabolical sometimes assumes the aspect of the Good, or even embodies itself completely in its form. If this remains concealedfrom me, I am of course defeated, for this Good is more tempting than the genuine Good.

All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful.

As a rule, we go about with masks, we go about looking honest, and we are able to conceal ourselves all through the day.

Hee must have a long spoone, shall eat with the devill.

Hide not thy poison with such sugar'd words

The devil's finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist.

Pandaemonium was inhabited by creatures quite convinved that the great Satan had their best interests at heart. Poor little devils.

The Devil may also make use of morality.