I am in no mood to be deceived any longer by the crafty devil and false character whose greatest pleasure is to take advantage of everyone.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments.
The fear of being deceived is the vulgar version of the quest for Truth.
I feel very guilty doing magic because you're deceiving somebody.
Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy.
I was not content to believe in a personal devil and serve him, in the ordinary sense of the word. I wanted to get hold of him personally and become his chief of staff.
One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.
Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
I'm with Milton and the Rolling Stones: I don't find the Devil an unsympathetic character. But in any case, my fiction is populated as much by people who do good as it is by those who do bad. I'm interested in imaginatively accommodating as much of the human as possible, for which you need both moral extremes and everything in between.
I find that to be a fool as to worldly wisdom, and to commit my cause to God, not fearing to offend men, who take offence at the simplicity of truth, is the only way to remain unmoved at the sentiments of others.