Greater Devil

Famous quotes containing the words greater and/or devil:

“The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? You may say the wisest thing you can, old man,—you who have lived seventy years, not without honor of a kind,—I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“This is too much: I am a human being! Only an angel can forget such a blow, and only a devil can compensate enough for it!”
—Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)