“He who has rejected his demons badgers us to death with his angels”
“The Angel of Death is the invisible Angel of Life.”
A Study of Death (1895), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Chase away the demons, and they will take the angels with them.”
“One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel.”
Said while the French financial system was on the verge of collapse, as quoted in Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) by E. Cobham Brewer. Brewer states that this was sometimes attributed to the Austrian statesman Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, but that he was probably simply quoting Madame de Pompadour.
Source: The People Look Like Flowers at Last
“If I got rid of my demons, I’d lose my angels.”
Source: Conversations with Tennessee Williams
“the speed and energy of a demon, not an angel or superman as one would ardently hope for.”
His opinion on Arturo Toscanini’s recordings which indicated his “understanding of music—individualistically interpretive, personal and profound—allowed him to see beyond known and accepted horizons. Quoted in "Medtner, Music & a Maharaja".
“See also: Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, and The Lost Symbol.”
