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The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

James Russell Lowell
Hypocrisy, Devil, Intolerance
James Russell Lowell (1845). “Conversations on Some of the Old Poets”, p.83

A sneer is the weapon of the weak. Like other devil's weapons, it is always cunningly ready to our hand, and there is more poison in the handle than in the point.

James Russell Lowell
Hands, Devil, Poison
James Russell Lowell (1846). “Conversations on Some of the Old Poets”, p.58

At the devil's booth are all things sold. Each ounce of dross costs its ounce of gold.

James Russell Lowell
Devil, Gold, Cost
James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.282, Delphi Classics

If the devil take a less hateful shape to us than to our fathers, he is as busy with us as with them.

James Russell Lowell
Father, Devil, Shapes
James Russell Lowell (1870). “Among my Books, etc”, p.229

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