Faustian Legend Quotes

What you inherit from your fathermust first be earned before it's yours.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

When he comes to the doorhe always looks mocking and half-way angry.You can see he has sympathy for nothing.It's written on his foreheadthat he can love no one.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Being full of mischief, they love to listen;they gladly obey, for they like to betray you,pretending to be sent from Heaven,and lisping like angels, while they lie.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Men grieve [Mephistopheles] so with the days of their lamenting, [he] even hate[s] to plague them with [his] torments.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder that the choice between these two absolutes also falls to us.

E.A. Bucchianeri

Sunshine, if I ever disappear, please tell people that I ran after the Devil, trying to get my soul back.

April Genevieve Tucholke