Shakespeare quotes on devil

To win me soon to hell my female evil, Tempteth my better angel from my side, And would corrupt my saint to be a devil
Source: THE SONNETS

But truly, these same whoreson devils do the gods great harm in their women, for in every

Master, be wise; an if you give it her, The devil will shake her chain, and fright us with it
Source: THE COMEDY OF ERRORS

Ophelia, walk you here.- Gracious, so please you, We will bestow ourselves.- [To Ophelia] Read on this book, That show of such an exercise may colour Your loneliness.- We are oft to blame in this, 'Tis too much prov'd, that with devotion's visage And pious action we do sugar o'er The Devil himself
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, PRINCE OF DENMARK

In good faith, 'a cares not what mischief he does, if his weapon be out; he will foin like any devil; he will spare neither man, woman, nor child
Source: SECOND PART OF KING HENRY IV

Just, just! and the men do sympathise with the mastiffs in robustious and rough coming on, leaving their wits with their wives; and then give them great meals of beef and iron and steel; they will eat like wolves and fight like devils
Source: THE LIFE OF KING HENRY THE FIFTH

But you, that are polluted with your lusts, Stain'd with the guiltless blood of innocents, Corrupt and tainted with a thousand vices, Because you want the grace that others have, You judge it straight a thing impossible To compass wonders but by help of devils
Source: THE FIRST PART OF HENRY THE SIXTH

A pretty plot, well chosen to build upon! Now, pray, my lord, let's see the devil's writ
Source: THE SECOND PART OF KING HENRY THE SIXTH

My bed was ever to thy son as true As thine was to thy husband; and this boy Liker in feature to his father Geffrey Than thou and John in manners-being as Eke As rain to water, or devil to his dam
Source: KING JOHN

Put up thy sword betime; Or I'll so maul you and your toasting-iron That you shall think the devil is come from

And how can that be true love which is falsely attempted? Love is a familiar; Love is a devil
Source: LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST

The sleeping and the dead Are but as pictures; 'tis the eye of childhood That fears a painted devil
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

If I could bid the fifth welcome with so good heart as I can bid the other four farewell, I should be glad of his approach; if he have the condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil, I had rather he should shrive me than wive me
Source: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

'Conscience,' say I, (you counsel well.' 'Fiend,' say I, 'you counsel well.' To be rul'd by my conscience, I should stay with the Jew my master, who- God bless the mark!- is a kind of devil; and, to run away from the Jew, I should be ruled by the fiend, who- saving your reverence!- is the devil himself
Source: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Here comes another of the tribe; a third cannot be match'd, unless the devil himself turn Jew
Source: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

And, I beseech you, Wrest once the law to your authority; To do a great right do a little wrong, And curb this cruel devil of his will
Source: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Antonio, I am married to a wife Which is as dear to me as life itself; But life itself, my wife, and all the world, Are not with me esteem'd above thy life; I would lose all, ay, sacrifice them all Here to this devil, to deliver you
Source: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

Run away with the cozeners; for so soon as I came beyond Eton, they threw me off from behind one of them, in a slough of mire; and set spurs and away, like three German devils, three Doctor Faustuses
Source: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

Heaven prosper our sport! No man means evil but the devil, and we shall know him by his horns
Source: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR

Arise, arise! Awake the snorting citizens with the bell, Or else the devil will make a grandsire of you
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO, MOOR OF VENICE

To be now a sensible man, by and by a fool, and presently a beast! O strange! Every inordinate cup is unblest, and the ingredient is a devil
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO, MOOR OF VENICE

Damn her, lewd minx! O, damn her! Come, go with me apart; I will withdraw, To furnish me with some swift means of death For the fair devil
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO, MOOR OF VENICE

They that mean virtuously and yet do so, The devil their virtue tempts and they tempt heaven
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF OTHELLO, MOOR OF VENICE

What, do you tremble? Are you all afraid? Alas, I blame you not, for you are mortal, And mortal eyes cannot endure the devil
Source: KING RICHARD III

And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stol'n forth of holy writ, And seem a saint when most I play the devil
Source: KING RICHARD III

If thou beest a man, show thyself in thy likeness; if thou beest a devil, take't as thou list
Source: THE TEMPEST

[Aside] Honest lord, Thou hast said well; for some of you there present Are worse than devils
Source: THE TEMPEST

Could not all hell afford you such a devil? For well I wot the Empress never wags But in her company there is a Moor; And, would you represent our queen aright, It were convenient you had such a devil
Source: THE TRAGEDY OF TITUS ANDRONICUS

How do you, Malvolio? How is't with you? What, man, defy the devil; consider, he's an enemy to mankind
Source: TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL

He is knight, dubb'd with unhatch'd rapier and on carpet consideration; but he is a devil in private brawl
Source: TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL

Re-enter FABIAN and VIOLA [To FABIAN] I have his horse to take up the quarrel; I have persuaded him the youth's a devil
Source: TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL

Virtue is beauty; but the beauteous evil Are empty trunks, o'erflourish'd by the devil
Source: TWELFTH NIGHT; OR, WHAT YOU WILL

Grace to boot! Of this make no conclusion, lest you say Your queen and I are devils
Source: THE WINTER'S TALE

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