{"quotes":[{"text":"... Faustus ... Dared to confirm he had advanced beyond the level of a scarlet sinner — he was a conscious follower of the Prince of Darkness. The fact he could publicly project an Antichrist image with pride, having no fear of reprisal, and his seeming diabolical art of escaping all punishment when others who were considered heretics had burned at the stake for less, would certainly signal that an unnatural individual walked in their midst. It is true in many respects he assumed the role of the charlatan, yet how apropos, considering his willingness to follow his ‘brother-in-law’ known as the Father of Lies and deception.","author":"E.A. Bucchianeri","tags":["antichrist","devil","evil","evil-men","evil-people","faust","faust-legend","faustian","faustus"],"id":12468,"author_id":"E.A.+Bucchianeri"},{"text":"Grant me one hour on love’s most sacred shoresTo clasp the bosom that my soul adores,Lie heart to heart and merge my soul with yours.","author":"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","tags":["faust","love","romantic","soul"],"id":42493,"author_id":"Johann+Wolfgang+von+Goethe"},{"text":"Who are you then?' 'I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.","author":"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","tags":["devil","evil","faust","good"],"id":46290,"author_id":"Johann+Wolfgang+von+Goethe"},{"text":"(Marlowe's) Faustus stubbornly reverts to his atheistic beliefs and continues his elementary pagan re-education ~ the inferno to him is a 'place' invented by men.","author":"E.A. Bucchianeri","tags":["atheism","christopher-marlowe","disbelief","faust","faust-legend","faustian","faustus","hell","inferno","marlowe","paganism"],"id":63809,"author_id":"E.A.+Bucchianeri"},{"text":"Glib tongues frill up their hash of knowledgefor mankind in polished speechesthat are no more than vaporous windsrustling the fallen leaves in autumn.","author":"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","tags":["devil","faust","faustus-faustian-legend","play"],"id":69808,"author_id":"Johann+Wolfgang+von+Goethe"},{"text":"O, thou art fairer than the evening air     Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars;     Brighter art thou than flaming Jupiter     When he appear'd to hapless Semele;     More lovely than the monarch of the sky     In wanton Arethusa's azur'd armsExcerpt From: Christopher Marlowe. “The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus.","author":"Christopher Marlowe","tags":["drama","faust","marlowe","plays"],"id":85588,"author_id":"Christopher+Marlowe"},{"text":"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.","author":"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","tags":["devil","faust","faustian-legend","faustus"],"id":108789,"author_id":"Johann+Wolfgang+von+Goethe"},{"text":"... The vintage of history is forever repeating ~ same old vines, same old wines!","author":"E.A. Bucchianeri","tags":["faust","goethe","history","history-of-mankind","history-repeating-itself","human-nature","philosophical-humor","repetition","sad-but-true","vines","wine"],"id":127884,"author_id":"E.A.+Bucchianeri"},{"text":"Men grieve [Mephistopheles] so with the days of their lamenting, [he] even hate[s] to plague them with [his] torments.","author":"Johann Wolfgang von Goethe","tags":["devil","faust","faustian-legend","faustus"],"id":128133,"author_id":"Johann+Wolfgang+von+Goethe"},{"text":"If there are damned souls in Hell, it is because men blind themselves.","author":"E.A. Bucchianeri","tags":["blind","blindness","blindness-of-man","catholic","christian","damnation","damned","faust","faustian","hell","philosophical","sin","sinners"],"id":152081,"author_id":"E.A.+Bucchianeri"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":27,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}