1 | ->''The Devil is a gentleman, and asks you down to stay\ |
2 | At his little place at What'sitsname (it isn't far away).\ |
3 | They say the sport is splendid; there is always something new,\ |
4 | And fairy scenes, and fearful feats that none but he can do;\ |
5 | He can shoot the feathered cherubs if they fly on the estate,\ |
6 | Or fish for Father Neptune with the mermaids for a bait;\ |
7 | He scaled amid the staggering stars that precipice, the sky,\ |
8 | And blew his trumpet above heaven, and got by mastery\ |
9 | The starry crown of God Himself, and shoved it on the shelf;\ |
10 | But the Devil is a gentleman, and doesn't brag himself.\ |
11 | \ |
12 | O blind your eyes and break your heart and hack your hand away,\ |
13 | And lose your love and shave your head; but do not go to stay\ |
14 | At the little place in What'sitsname where folks are rich and clever;\ |
15 | The golden and the goodly house, where things grow worse for ever;\ |
16 | There are things you need not know of, though you live and die in vain,\ |
17 | There are souls more sick of pleasure than you are sick of pain;\ |
18 | There is a game of April Fool that's played behind its door,\ |
19 | Where the fool remains for ever and the April comes no more,\ |
20 | Where the splendour of the daylight grows drearier than the dark,\ |
21 | And life droops like a vulture that once was such a lark:\ |
22 | And that is the Blue Devil that once was the Blue Bird;\ |
23 | For the Devil is a gentleman, and doesn't keep his word.'' |
24 | -->-- '''Creator/GKChesterton''', ''The Aristocrat'' |
25 | |
26 | |
27 | -> ''He's the hairy-handed gent, who ran amok in Kent.\ |
28 | Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair.\ |
29 | You better stay away from him; he'll rip your lungs out, Jim.\ |
30 | Huh, 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\ |
43 | He's always on the town\ |
44 | And he's dressed to kill\ |
45 | He always looks so fine\ |
46 | When he wants to walk\ |
47 | He'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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