“The devil… the prowde spirite… cannot endure to be mocked.”
Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter
“There are who mistake the spirit of pugnacity for the spirit of piety, and thus harbor a devil instead of an angel.”
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 204
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