Hell and the Devil Quotes and Quotations
The devil gets up to the belfry by the vicar's skirts. The safest road to Hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts. A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell. The Devil's boots don't creak. Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation. What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love. Hell, madame, is to love no longer. Hell is more bearable than nothingness. Hell is truth seen too late. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour. Heaven for climate, hell for company. We may not pay Satan reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents. An apology for the Devil - it must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. When you first learn to love hell, you will be in heaven. The devil's name is Dullness. Hell is indefinite. It has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions. They have their place in heaven also.
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