743 Proverbs about Evil / Page 3
41. The devil likes to souse what is already wet.
42. The devil looks after his own.
43. The husband's mother is the wife's devil.
44. Were a woman rules the house, the devil is serving-man.
45. When Christ was along, the devil tempted him.
46. When God says To-day, the devil says To-morrow.
47. Where God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel.
48. Where the devil can't go himself, he sends an old woman.
49. Where the hedge is lowest, the devil leaps over.
50. Where there's money, there is the devil; but where there's none, a greater evil.
51. Wherever there is a pretty spot, the devil plants a monastery or a lord.
52. Who does not punish evil, invites it.
53. Who neither believes heaven or hell, the devil heartily wishes him well.
54. Women are necessary evils.
55. Write on one of the devil's horns, "Good angel," and many will believe it.
56. Young angel, old devil.
57. Young saint, old devil.
58. "Age before beauty," said the devil as he threw his grandmother off' the stairs.
59. Crime is cunning; it puts an angel in front of every devil.
60. He who has gold is served by the devil.
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