The devil lurks behind the cross. Pr. 25
The devil may get in by the keyhole, but the door won't let him out. Pr.
The devil taketh not lightly unto his working such as he findeth occupied in good works. St. Jerome.
The devil tempts all other men, but idle men tempt the devil. Arab. Pr.
The devil tempts us not—'tis we tempt him, / Beckoning his skill with opportunity. George Eliot.
The devil was sick, the devil a monk would 30 be; / The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. Rabelais.
The dewdrop and the star shine sisterly, / Globing together in the common work. Sir Edwin Arnold.
The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of those pleasant falsehoods ... which all experience refutes. History teems with instances of truth put down by persecution. If not suppressed for ever, it may be thrown back for centuries. J. S. Mill.
The difference between Socrates and Jesus? The great Conscious; the immeasurably great Unconscious. Carlyle.
The difference between the great celebrities and the unknown nobodies is this, the former failed and went at it again, the latter gave up in despair. Anon.