“The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.”

La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas.
XXIX: "Le Joueur généreux"; The devil describes having heard this statement made by a Parisian preacher
Paraphrased in The Usual Suspects as "The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist."
Le Spleen de Paris (1862)

Original

La plus belle des ruses du Diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas!

La phrase complète est : « Mes chers frères, n'oubliez jamais, quand vous entendrez vanter le progrès des lumières, que la plus belle des ruses du Diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas ! » (les guillemets sont dans le poème). Une formule similaire est reprise par le personnage de Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey) dans le film Usual Suspects (1995).
Petits Poèmes en prose, 1869
Variant: La plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas."

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