"It’s bad business meddling with the devil; it makes you superstitious."

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“Treat a child like a witch and you’ll have one.”

“As every minister knows, a prayer is a superb device for airing an opinion.”

“Silence may have an eloquence of its own, but only in the long run.”

“Yes, he had been loyal to his friends, but even a wolf is loyal to other wolves.”

“If such were the will of God, what wonder that so many had turned to the devil?”

“Technicalities are, however, of more interest to historians than to contemporaries.”

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