Talk of the devil, and his horns appear

Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Topics: Devil Quotes

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

The faults of great authors are generally excellences carried to an excess.

There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse...

There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse...

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are...

General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are...

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...

I have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and what...

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of...

Intense study of the Bible will keep any writer from being vulgar, in point of...

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

Pity is best taught by fellowship in woe

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace;...

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as...

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as...

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of...

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of...

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry;...

I wish our clever young poets would remember my homely definitions of prose and poetry;...

I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language religion government...

I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language religion government...

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Talk of the devil, and his horns appear.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

So lonely 'twas that God himself Scarce seemed there to be.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to...

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to...

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet