What’s that to me! Let Nature be what she is!
The Devil was there: that’s what I’d have you notice!
We’re the folk, you see, who achieve great things:
The signs are tumult, force, and what nonsense brings! –
But shall I make myself understood at last: it’s best:
Did nothing at all of ours please you in the slightest?
You’ve looked down, from immeasurable heights,
On the riches of the world, and its splendid sights.
Yet, hard as you may be to fire,
Didn’t you feel some deep desire?

    - Mephistopheles, Faust