The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.
Christopher McQuarrie (b. 1968) American screenwriter, director
The Usual Suspects [Kint] (1995)
Kint gives this line twice: first about an hour into the movie, and second as one of its final lines.
See Baudelaire.
My dear brothers, when you hear the progress of enlightenment extolled, never forget that the devil’s cleverest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist! [Mes chers frères, n’oubliez jamais, quand vous entendrez vanter le progrès des lumières, que la plus belle des ruses du diable est de…