Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes about Devil
Culture which smooth the whole world licks, Also unto the devil sticks.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1875). “Faust: A Tragedy”, p.258
The march of intellect, which licks all the world into shape, has even reached the devil.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1833). “Faust, a dramatic poem, tr. into Engl. prose with notes by the translator of Savigny's 'Of the vocation of our age for legislation'”, p.95
Faust: Who holds the devil, let him hold him well, He hardly will be caught a second time.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1984). “Faust”