top of page

"What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things?"

George Villiers, English Politician

11

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things?"

Exlpore more Devil quotes

"The world is all the richer for having a devil in it, so long as we keep our foot upon his neck."

William James, American Philosopher

"Deal with the Devil if the Devil has a constituency - and don't complain about the heat."

C. J. Cherryh, American Writer

"Memnoch the Devil happen to be my favorite of all The Vampire Chronicles."

Anne Rice, American Novelist

Devil, Favorite

"A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard."

John Webster, English Playwright

"The devil made me do it."

Flip Wilson, American Comedian

"Talk of the devil, and his horns appear."

Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

"If you get down and quarell everyday, you're saying prayers to the devil, I say."

Bob Marley, Jamaican Musician

"The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

Devil, Lies, Miser

"Thinking about the devil is worse than seeing the devil."

Branch Rickey, American Athlete

Devil, Thinking

"The devil had as good have let Paul alone, for he no sooner comes into prison but he falls a preaching, at which the gates of Satan's prison fly open, and poor sinners come forth."

William Gurnall, English Author

Devil, Open, Poor, Preaching

Explore more quotes by George Villiers

"Make my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart does hold."

"The world's a forest, in which all lose their way; though by a different path each goes astray."

"Good wits will jump."

"Men's fame is like their hair, which grows after they are dead, and with just as little use to them."

"What the devil does the plot signify, except to bring in fine things?"

bottom of page