A pair of workman’s brogans encased my feet, and for trousers I was furnished with a pair of pale blue, washed-out overalls, one leg of which was fully ten inches shorter than the other. The abbreviated leg looked as though the devil had there clutched for the Cockney’s soul and missed the shadow for the substance.
Jack LondonTag: devil sailor cockney sea-wolf
Glib tongues frill up their hash of knowledge
for mankind in polished speeches
that are no more than vaporous winds
rustling the fallen leaves in autumn.
Tag: devil play faust faustus-faustian-legend
What you inherit from your father
must first be earned before it's yours.
Tag: devil faust faustus faustian-legend
Being full of mischief, they love to listen;
they gladly obey, for they like to betray you,
pretending to be sent from Heaven,
and lisping like angels, while they lie.
Tag: devil faust faustus faustian-legend
When he comes to the door
he always looks mocking and half-way angry.
You can see he has sympathy for nothing.
It's written on his forehead
that he can love no one.
Tag: devil faust faustus faustian-legend
Men grieve [Mephistopheles] so with the days of their lamenting, [he] even hate[s] to plague them with [his] torments.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheTag: devil faust faustus faustian-legend
What is all this? Get him out of here, devil take me!” And that one, imagine, smiles and says: “Devil take you? That, in fact, can be done!” And—bang!
Mikhail BulgakovTag: devil bureaucracy irony
Love – Acceptance – Unity – Peace –Integrity – Respect… a strong, pure creed is short on words and long on nourishing ideas. For me, the longer the creed the more it has been diluted, manipulated, and spoiled. The results of this creed poisoning can be seen in the behavior of its followers. We have all heard the expression, “The devil is in the details”; my observations have led me to suspect this is true.
Steve MaraboliTag: love devil acceptance peace integrity god religion ideas creed unity respect
La música, la luz de la luna y los sueños son mis armas mágicas.
Fernando PessoaExisto desde el principio del mundo y, desde entonces, soy un ironista.
Fernando PessoaTag: devil irony diablo ironía
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