The Devil Quotes

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The Devil Quotes
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“And indeed, if Evgeny Irtenev was mentally ill, then all people are just as mentally ill, and the most mentally ill are undoubtably those who see signs of madness in others that they do not see in themselves.”
― The Devil
― The Devil
“It is generally supposed that Conservatives are usually old people, and that those in favour of change are the young. That is not quite correct. Usually, Conservatives are young people: those who want to live but who do not think about how to live, and have not time to think, and therefore take as a model for themselves a way of life that they have seen.”
― The Devil
― The Devil
“The doctor arrived towards dinnertime and said, of course, that although recurring phenomena might well elicit apprehension, nonetheless there was, strictly speaking, no positive indication, yet since neither was there any contraindication, it might, on the one hand, be supposed, but on the other hand it might also be supposed. And it was therefore necessary to stay in bed, and although I don't like prescribing, nevertheless take this and stay in bed.”
― The Devil
― The Devil
“Tout était si beau, joyeux et pur dans la maison ; mais dans son â tout était laid, sale, horrible.”
― The Devil
― The Devil
“But really, why should you distress yourself? Whoever stirs up the past � out with his eye! Who is not a sinner before God and to blame before the Tsar, as the saying is?”
― The Devil
― The Devil
“It is generally supposed the Conservatives are usually old people, and that those in favour of change are the young. That is not quite correct. Usually Conservatives are young people: those who want to live but who do not think about how to live, and have not time to think, and therefore take as a model for themselves a way of life that they have seen.”
― The Devil
― The Devil
“To settle the matter in his own mind was one thing but to carry it out was another.”
― The Devil
― The Devil
“- but are you really so in love?
- Oh, it is not that at all. It is not that, it is some kind of power that has seized me and holds me. I do not know what to do.”
― The Devil
- Oh, it is not that at all. It is not that, it is some kind of power that has seized me and holds me. I do not know what to do.”
― The Devil
“I have often remarked that it is hardest of all to live with people who are untruthful and insincere. I can endure anything except that.”
― The Devil
― The Devil
“Обично мисле да су најдоследнији конзервативци старци, а да су новатори млади људи. То није сасвим тачно. Најдоследнији конзервативци су млади људи. Млади људи који желе да живе, али који не мисле и који немају времена да промисле како треба живети и који зато узимају за узор онај живот који је прошао”
― The Devil
― The Devil
“دیوانهتری� آدمه� بیش� آنهایی هستند که در دیگران آثار جنونی را می بینند که در خود نمیبینن�”
― The Devil
― The Devil
“It is generally supposed that Conservatives are usually old people, and those in favour of change are the young. That is not quite correct. The most usual Conservatives are young people: those who want to live but who do not think, and have not time to think, about how to live and who therefore take as a model for themselves a way of life that they have seen.”
― The Devil
― The Devil
“si Eugène Irténieff était un malade psychique, alors tous les hommes le sont également, et parmi eux les plus malades sont ceux qui voient les indices de la folie chez les autres et ne les voient point en eux-mêmes.”
― Le Diable
― Le Diable