743 Proverbs about Evil / Page 19
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The Emperor of Germany is the king of kings, the King of Spain king of men, the King of France king of asses, the King of England king of devils.362.
To the devil with so many masters, said the toad to the harrow.363.
Were the devil to come from hell to fight, there would forthwith be a Frenchman to accept the challenge.364.
When God sends flour the devil carries off the sack.365.
When the devil grows old he turns himself hermit.366.
When the devil says his paternosters he means to cheat you.367.
When the Frenchman sleeps the devil rocks him.368.
Why should the devil have all the best tunes?369.
Bear with evil and expect good.370.
Every mother-in-law is a piece of the devil's pants.371.
Gossipers are the devil's trumpeters.372.
He who has a stepmother has the devil at his hearth.373.
He who sows the seed of discord works in the devil's barn.374.
If you give a gift to a rich man, the devil sniggers.375.
Tell a woman once she is beautiful and the devil will repeat it ten times.376.
The devil sweetens another man's wife with a spoonful of honey.377.
The servant of the devil does more than is asked for.378.
When he was fifteen the devil was a good looking boy.379.
Where the woman goes the devil follows.380.
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