It had never occurred to her that it was wicked. If, as Mrs. Munday explained, it was the Devil that had whispered it to her, then what did God mean by allowing the Devil to go about persuading little girls to do indecent things? God could do everything. Why didn't He smash the Devil? It seemed to Joan a mean trick, look at it how you would. Fancy leaving a little girl to fight the Devil all by herself. And then get angry because the Devil won!英文原著 · 《All Roads Lead to Calvary》
The innkeeper got a rope's end. "Now I am going to thrash you," said the innkeeper. "You have no right to be angry with me," said the devil. "I am only the devil, and it is my nature to do wrong."
"Is that so?" asked the innkeeper. "Fact, I assure you," said the devil. "You really cannot help doing ill?" asked the innkeeper. "Not in the smallest," said the devil; "it would be useless cruelty to thrash a thing like me."
"It would indeed," said the innkeeper. And he made a noose and hanged the devil.英文原著 · 《Fables》
"Now I am going to thrash you," said the inn-keeper. "You have no right to be angry with me," said the devil. "I am only the devil, and it is my nature to do wrong."
"Is that so?" asked the innkeeper. "Fact, I assure you," said the devil. "You really cannot help doing ill?" asked the innkeeper. "Not in the smallest," said the devil, "it would be useless cruelty to thrash a thing like me."
"It would indeed," said the innkeeper. And he made a noose and hanged the devil. "There!" said the innkeeper.英文原著 · 《Robert Louis Stevenson》
Perhaps he will make you his spy-in-chief, and without asking it, he may double your salary. The most profitable trade in the world is burning candles on the devil's shrine. You will do wonders in it, as well as others." Upon which, with a profound bow to Gilbert, he disappeared at a full trot. "The devil! the devil! he talks of nothing but the devil!" said Gilbert to himself, taking the road to the castle. "My poor friend, you are condemned to pass some years of your life here between a tyrant who is sometimes amiable, and a victim who is never so at all!"英文原著 · 《Andre Cornelis》
Well, it's like the man sang, "It may be the devil or it may be the Lord, but you're gonna have to serve somebody," Right?美剧 · 《Billions》
So, this arc of the cosmic transformation of God's favorite angel into the Devil, So, this arc of the cosmic transformation of God's favorite angel into the Devil,演讲 · 《The psychology of evil ~ Philip Zimbardo》