Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And 'twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation

Quote by Daniel Defoe

Topics: Devil Quotes

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if...

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if...

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the...

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the...

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished,...

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished,...

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all...

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all...

An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And...

Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And...

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad...

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad...

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness...

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness...

All men would be tyrants if they could.

All men would be tyrants if they could.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

He that is rich is wise.

He that is rich is wise.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

Pride the first peer and president of hell.

Pride the first peer and president of hell.