Devil's Dictionary
Ambrose Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary gives a satirical view of Satan as "one of the Creator's lamentable mistakes". When expelled from Heaven, he asks that mankind be allowed to make its own laws, and the request is granted.
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Famous quotes containing the words devil and/or dictionary:
“The spirit that I have seen
May be the devil, and the devil hath power
T’assume a pleasing shape.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I am hungry and you give me
a dictionary to decipher.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)