1880s, Garfield's Words (1882)
“A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face and tell him he is a Devil. ”
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American politician, 20th President of the United States (i… 1831–1881Related quotes
“He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the Devil in.”
Book viii, line 616.
The Course of Time (published 1827)
“Bedevil the devil and devil be dammed. I fear no devil and bow to no man.
- Adam Black”
Source: Beyond the Highland Mist
“Tell a man he is brave, and you help him to become so.”
“So over violent, or over civil,
That every man with him was God or Devil.”
Absalom and Achitophel. Part i. Line 557.
The Hind and the Panther (1687)
“The devil tempted Christ; yes, but it was Christ who tempted the devil to tempt him.”
Further Extracts from the Note-Books of Samuel Butler http://books.google.com/books?id=zltaAAAAMAAJ&q=%22The+devil+tempted+Christ+yes+but+it+was+Christ+who+tempted+the+devil+to+tempt+him%22&pg=PA76#v=onepage, compiled and edited by A.T. Bartholomew (1934), p. 76
"The Knight, Death and the Devil," lines 34-39
The Seven-League Crutches (1951)
Act III, scene 1, line 151.
Count Basil (1798)