Neither necessity nor desire, but the love of power, is the demon of mankind. You may give men everything possible health, food, shelter, enjoyment but they are and remain unhappy and capricious, for the demon waits and waits; and must be satisfied.
Men all have the devil in them.
Love can make devils of men as well as angels.
It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them.
It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes. This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers.
If the devil doesn’t exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.[Я думаю, что если дьявол не существует и, стало быть, создал его человек, то создал он его по своему образу и подобию.]
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it harmonizes, and what it usually makes is the devil’s music.