Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Devil Quotations

We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.

When toward the Devil's Hose we tread, Woman's a thousand steps behind. [Ger., Denn geht es zu des Bosen Haus Das Weib hat tausend Schritt voraus.]

If all these devils really exist it proves there must be angels, too.

Publishers are all cohorts of the devil; there must be a special hell for them somewhere.

I know nothing more mocking than a devil that despairs.

The march of intellect, which licks all the world into shape, has even reached the devil.

Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time.

Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.

No, no! The devil is an egotist, And is not apt, without why or wherefore, "For God's sake," others to assist. [Ger., Nein, nein! Der Teufel ist ein Egoist Und thut nicht leicht um Gottes Willen, Was einem Andern nutzlich ist.]