Definition of Demon

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Definition of Demon

Demon

A spirit, or immaterial being, holding a middle place between men and deities in pagan mythology.

One's genius; a tutelary spirit or internal voice; as, the demon of Socrates.

An evil spirit; a devil.

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Demon Quotations

Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Whenever a thing is done for the first time, it releases a little demon.
Emily Dickinson

The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.
George MacDonald

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling.
William James

Do you know that every unbeliever is filled with a demon spirit?
Benny Hinn

When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
Navjot Singh Sidhu

Man tells his aspiration in his God; but in his demon he shows his depth of experience.
Margaret Fuller

I never thought of it as God. I didn't know what to call it. I don't believe in devils, but demons I do because everyone at one time or another has some kind of a demon, even if you call it by another name, that drives them.
Gene Wilder

The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second rate.
Agnes de Mille

I am not a demon. I am a lizard, a shark, a heat-seeking panther. I want to be Bob Denver on acid playing the accordion.
Nicolas Cage

Demon Translations

demon in Dutch is demon, duivel
demon in Italian is demonio
demon in Spanish is demonio
demon in Swedish is demon, ond ande

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