Alfred de Musset Quotes

She remembered the story from her childhood, about Adam and Eve in the garden, and the talking snake. Even as a little girl she had said - to the consternation of her family - What kind of idiot was Eve, to believe a snake? But now she understood, for she had heard the voice of the snake and had watched as a wise and powerful man had fallen under its spell. Eat the fruit and you can have the desires of your heart. It's not evil, it's noble and good. You'll be praised for it. And it's delicious.

I asked a thief to steal me a peach: He turned up his eyes. I asked a lithe lady to lie her down: Holy and meek, she cries. As soon as I went An angel came. He winked at the thief And smiled at the dame- And without one word spoke Had a peach from the tree, And 'twixt earnest and joke Enjoyed the lady.

The Devil may also make use of morality.

Thou strong seducer, Opportunity!

I could not resist the temptation of mystifying him a bit, I suppose it is some taste of the original apple that remains still in our mouths.

O sin, how you paint your face! how you flatter us poor mortals on to death! You never appear to the sinner in your true character; you make fair promises, but you never fulfil one; your tongue is smoother than oil, but the poison of asps is under your lip!

Patriotism, n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name. In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit it is the first.

Sometimes The Devil is a gentleman.

Everything had come into sharp focus : his smooth words, his black, glinting eyes, his broad experience with lies, seduction, women. I'd fallen in love with the devil.

A villain always preferred luring the heroine to his lair.

You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you're the devil in disguise.

My son, beware of a plain damsel who charmeth thee, for she needeth much wile, and useth diverse weapons.

The devil is so subtle that he dominates man and persuades him at the same time that he is not being dominated.

If truth is the lure, humans are fishes.

When [Satan] undertook to draw Eve away from God, he did not hit her with a stick, but with an idea. It was with an idea that God could not be trusted and that she must act on her own to secure her own well-being.

He looked up at me with angelic eyes. "Doing what?" "You know what. You're luring me in. You know I can't resist-

A dimly lit tavern, a willing young woman, are some of the reasons I cheat.

Devil, you've got me all in a whirl. I'm wise to your game.

In life,there are only four kinds of girls: The girl who played with fire. The girl who opened Pandora's Box. The girl who gave Adam the apple. And the girl whose best friend stole her boyfriend.

Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way.

God created Adam master and lord of living creatures, but Eve spoilt all, when she persuaded him to set himself above God's will. 'Tis you women, with your tricks and artifices, that lead men into error.

O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!

Never let a beautiful woman pick your path for you when there is a man in her line of sight

Lying is the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off. But it's better if you do.