Satan

And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

—Bible (NewTestament)

And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought againstthe dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Oh, the diligence of Satan! Oh, the desperateness of man's heart!

—Bunyan,John

But he turned, and said unto Peter,Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him,Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written,Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

—Bible (NewTestament)

He looked rather pleasantly like a blond satan.

—Hammett, (Samuel) Dashiell

And the L said unto Satan,Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the L, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

—Bible (Old Testament)

In ten thousand years the Sierras Will be dryand dead, home of the scorpion. Ice-scratched slabs and bent trees. No paradise, no fall, Only the weathering land The wheeling sky, Man, with his Satan Scouring the chaos of the mind. Oh Hell!

—Snyder, Gary Sherman

And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Pandemonium, the high capital Of Satan and his peers.

—Milton,John

Il y a dans tout homme, a'   toute heure, deux postulations simultane¤  es, l'une vers Dieu, l'autre vers Satan. Every man at every moment has two simultaneous tendencies: one toward God, the other toward Satan.

—Baudelaire, Charles

Solitude is the playfield of Satan.

—Nabokov,Vladimir

Satan exalted sat, by merit raised To that bad eminence; and from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope.

—Milton,John

Many girls have not the advantage I have and I [am] very very glad that satan has not geven me boils and many other Misfortunes.

—Fleming, Marjory

OThou, whatever title suit thee! Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie.

—Burns, Robert

Meanwhile the Adversary of God and man, Satan with thoughts inflamed of highest design, Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates of hell Explores his solitary flight.

—Milton,John