Henry Ward Beecher Quotes about Devil

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When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.

When a man sells eleven ounces for twelve, he makes a compact with the devil, and sells himself for the value of an ounce.

Henry Ward Beecher

Money, Men, Devil

Henry Ward Beecher, Truman Jeremiah Ellinwood (1897). “The original Plymouth pulpit”

The meanest thing in the world is the devil.

Henry Ward Beecher

Devil, World

Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.82

I will not say it is not Christian to make beads of others faults, and tell them over every day; I say it is infernal. If you want to know how the Devil feels, you do know, if you are such an one.

Henry Ward Beecher

Christian, Gossip, Devil

Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.80

It takes a man to make a devil.

Henry Ward Beecher

Men, Devil

"Life Thoughts, Gathered from the Extemporaneous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher, by One of His Congregation". Book edited by Edna Dean Proctor, 1859.