“The Devil has a great advantage against us inasmuch as he has a strong bastion and bulwark against us in our own flesh and blood.” StrongBloodDevilAdvantageFleshTemptationFlesh And Blood Author:Martin Luther
“Wages is a cunning device of the devil, for the benefit of tender consciences, who would retain all the advantages of the slave system, without the expense, trouble, and odium of being slave-holders.” WisdomPoliticsEconomyTroubleBenefitsDevilConscienceAdvantageSlaveLiberalismDevicesExpensesWagesCunning Book:Seeking the Truth: An Orestes Brownson Anthology Source: Seeking the Truth: An Orestes Brownson Anthology
“Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance.” PersonsTechnologyDevilAdvantageDistanceInventionTelephonesDisagreeable Book:The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary Source: The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
“But miracles are not for the asking; they come only when the stern eyes of God droop shut for a moment, and Our Lady takes advantage of His inattention to grant an illicit mercy. God...is an Anglican, whereas Our Lady is of the True Faith; the two of Them have an uneasy relationship, unable to agree on anything, except that if They divorce, the Devil will leap gleefully into the breach.” IfsTwoMomentsEyeDevilAdvantageMercyMiracleAskingAgreeDivorceGrantsLeapUneasyBreachTrue FaithInattention Author:Michel Faber
“I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.” CharacterPleasureDevilAdvantageMoodDeceivedGreatest PleasuresCrafty Author:Camille Claudel
“It is easy - terribly easy - to shake a man's faith in himself. To take advantage of that to break a man's spirit is devil's work.” MenInspirationalSpiritFaithEasyWorkBreakDevilAdvantageSelf ConfidenceShakes Author:George Bernard Shaw