A Quote by William Shakespeare

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul producing holy witness Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, A goodly apple rotten at the heart. O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

William Shakespeare

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Apple Cheek Cite Devil Evil Falsehood Hath Heart His Holy Like Outside Producing Purpose Rotten Scripture Smiling Soul Villain Witness

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William Shakespeare
English - Playwright
April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616

O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

William Shakespeare

If for nine years I have possessed a goodly apple that is rotten at the core and discover its rottenness only in nine years and six months less four days, isn't it true to say that for nine years I possessed a goodly apple?

Ford Madox Ford

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.

William Shakespeare

America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people.

John Philip Sousa

The murderer only takes the life of the parent and leaves his character as a goodly heritage to his children, whilst the slanderer takes away his goodly reputation and leaves him a living monument to his children's disgrace.

Andrew Jackson

Are you grown an atheist? Will you turn your body, Which is the goodly palace of the soul, To the soul's slaughter-house? Oh, the curse' d devil, Which doth present us with all other sins Thrice-candied o'er.

John Webster

The weary sun hath made a golden set And by the bright tract of his fiery car Gives token of a goodly day to-morrow.

William Shakespeare

Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see What Heaven hath done for this delicious land!

Lord Byron

Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory.

Baha'u'llah

My heart is set. All goodly sport For my comfort Who shall me let?

Henry VIII of England

It is the goodly outside that sin puts on which tempteth to destruction. It has been said that sin is like the bee, with honey in its mouth, but a sting in its tail.

Hosea Ballou

Every word about the God-breathed character of Scripture is meaningless if Holy Scripture is not understood as the witness concerning Christ.

G. C. Berkouwer

The Scripture saith, The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God; it is not said, The fool hath thought in his heart; so as he rather saith it, by rote to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly believe it, or be persuaded of it....It appeareth in nothing more, that atheism is rather in the lip, than in the heart of man.

Francis Bacon

I'm getting very sorry for the Devil and his disciples such as the good Le Chiffre. The devil has a rotten time and I always like to be on the side of the underdog. We don't give the poor chap a chance...the Devil had no prophets to write his Ten Commandments and no team of authors to write his biography.