Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)
“Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel, sweet as love.”
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754–1838) French diplomat
Noir comme le diable, chaud comme l'enfer, pur comme un ange, doux comme l'amour.
frequently misattributed to Talleyrand, no primary source exists, its not his style of speech, and he famously drank tea not coffee.
Misattributed
“Follow me on a journey into heaven and hell,
past angels and devils, into the realm of dreams.”
Valya Dudycz Lupescu (1974) American writer
The Silence of Trees (2010)
Context: Follow me on a journey into heaven and hell,
past angels and devils, into the realm of dreams.
That is where our souls go when we sleep,
to meet up with our soul mate, to love without abandon,
without regret. For in the morning we must return
to life and all its painful illusions.
William Blake (1757–1827) English Romantic poet and artist
Note to The Voice of the Devil
1790s, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790–1793)
“No. He married an angel, and I married a devil.”
Wanda Toscanini (1907–1998) Italian musician
Source: The Last Romantic, television documentary on Vladimir Horowitz
“Now I just don't know who to tell to go to hell
Who put the old devil in the distorted angel?”
Elvis Costello (1954) English singer-songwriter
Distorted Angel
Song lyrics, All This Useless Beauty (1996)
“Angel and devil,” he said. “One is but a shade of the other.”
Danielle Trussoni book Angelology
Source: Angelology
“For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright,
Who art as black as hell, as dark as night.”
William Shakespeare book Shakespeare's Sonnets
Source: Shakespeare's Sonnets
“He’s bright as hell, but I disagree with him.”
Newt Gingrich (1943) Professor, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Joe Biden; * https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/joe-biden-newt-gingrich-vp-vice-president-225062
Biden to Gingrich: 'Gonna do it?'
Politico
Kristen
East
July 2, 2016.
“If I am an angel, paint me with black wings.”
Anne Rice book The Vampire Armand
Source: The Vampire Armand
Miguel de Unamuno (1864–1936) 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher
Tres novelas ejemplares y un prólogo [Three Exemplary Novels and a Prologue] (1920); Two Mothers
