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1->''The Devil is a gentleman, and asks you down to stay\
2At his little place at What'sitsname (it isn't far away).\
3They say the sport is splendid; there is always something new,\
4And fairy scenes, and fearful feats that none but he can do;\
5He can shoot the feathered cherubs if they fly on the estate,\
6Or fish for Father Neptune with the mermaids for a bait;\
7He scaled amid the staggering stars that precipice, the sky,\
8And blew his trumpet above heaven, and got by mastery\
9The starry crown of God Himself, and shoved it on the shelf;\
10But the Devil is a gentleman, and doesn't brag himself.\
11\
12O blind your eyes and break your heart and hack your hand away,\
13And lose your love and shave your head; but do not go to stay\
14At the little place in What'sitsname where folks are rich and clever;\
15The golden and the goodly house, where things grow worse for ever;\
16There are things you need not know of, though you live and die in vain,\
17There are souls more sick of pleasure than you are sick of pain;\
18There is a game of April Fool that's played behind its door,\
19Where the fool remains for ever and the April comes no more,\
20Where the splendour of the daylight grows drearier than the dark,\
21And life droops like a vulture that once was such a lark:\
22And that is the Blue Devil that once was the Blue Bird;\
23For the Devil is a gentleman, and doesn't keep his word.''
24-->-- '''Creator/GKChesterton''', ''The Aristocrat''
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26
27-> ''He's the hairy-handed gent, who ran amok in Kent.\
28Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair.\
29You better stay away from him; he'll rip your lungs out, Jim.\
30Huh, I'd like to meet his tailor.''
31-->-- '''Music/WarrenZevon''', "''Werewolves of London''"
32
33-> ''One must commit acts of the highest treason only when dressed in the most resplendent finery.''
34-->-- '''Sebastian O''', ''Sebastian O #1''
35
36-> ''Please allow me to introduce myself... I'm a man of wealth... and taste.''
37-->-- '''[[OneLetterName V]]''', ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''
38
39-> ''Well I mean, the company's clearly evil. Aside from all the people I stick back together, you guys are developing anti-superhuman weapons and stuff. And Frankie Ibis' office has that "I'm evil" aesthetic to it. Anyone who has a nice office enjoys their job, and anyone who enjoys their job is hiding something.''
40-->-- '''Esmerelda Bizarre,''' ''Webcomic/{{Redd}}''
41
42->''You can see him, yeah\
43He's always on the town\
44And he's dressed to kill\
45He always looks so fine\
46When he wants to walk\
47He'll walk all over you''
48-->-- "Mr Big", by '''Music/{{Icehouse}}'''
49
50->'''Elvis''': "Who'd have thought he'd be a man of wealth AND taste, eh?"
51->...
52->'''Adelle''': "Still, this stuff's probably all stolen, right? Or bought with dirty money, anyway..."
53->'''Elvis''': "Aye, I wouldn't be surprised. Mustn't let the man's exquisite taste distract us from the fact that he's a wrong'un, eh?"
54-->-- ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault2''
55
56->''I'm sensing a million screaming souls and the most wonderful aftershave.''
57-->-- [[BlindSeer Old Man Touchy]] examining {{Satan}} himself, ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}''

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