After his Ignoble Disgrace, Satan was being expelled from
Heaven. As he passed through the Gates, he paused a moment in thought,
and turned to God and said, A new creature called Man, I hear, is soon
to be created.
This is true, He replied.
He will need laws, said the Demon slyly.
What! You, his appointed Enemy for all Time! You ask for the
right to make his laws?
Oh, no! Satan replied, I ask only that he be allowed to
make his own.
It was so granted.
-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
Heaven. As he passed through the Gates, he paused a moment in thought,
and turned to God and said, A new creature called Man, I hear, is soon
to be created.
This is true, He replied.
He will need laws, said the Demon slyly.
What! You, his appointed Enemy for all Time! You ask for the
right to make his laws?
Oh, no! Satan replied, I ask only that he be allowed to
make his own.
It was so granted.
-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
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