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“He will give the devil his due.”
William Shakespeare
“The prince of darkness is a gentleman.”
William Shakespeare
“The devil can cite scripture for his purpose.”
William Shakespeare
“The devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape.”
William Shakespeare
“Let me say "amen" betimes, lest the devil cross my prayer.”
William Shakespeare
“What, man! defy the devil: consider, he's an enemy to mankind.”
William Shakespeare
“Nay, then, let the devil wear black, for I'll have a suit of sables.”
William Shakespeare
“This is a devil, and no monster; I will leave him; I have no long spoon.”
William Shakespeare
“The lunatic, the lover and the poet, Are of imagination all compact: One sees more devils than vast hell can hold.”
William Shakespeare
“I charge thee, Satan, hous'd within this man, To yield possession to my holy prayers, And to thy state of darkness hie thee straight; I conjure thee by all the saints in heaven!”
William Shakespeare

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