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Better stay with the devil you know than an angel you don't know.
Proverbs and old sayings West African about angels, devil, contentment
A solitary man is either a beast or an angel.
Proverbs and old sayings British about angels, man
He that seeks a horse or a wife without fault, has neither steed in his stable nor angel in his bed.
Proverbs and old sayings British about angels, wife
One more good man on earth is better than an extra angel in heaven.
Proverbs and old sayings Indochinese about angels, earth, good, good luck, man
A young angel, an old devil.
Proverbs and old sayings French about angels, devil, old, olderness
In borrowing an angel, in repaying a devil.
Proverbs and old sayings French about angels, devil
A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase.
Proverbs and old sayings French about angels
Young angel, old devil.
Proverbs and old sayings German about angels, devil, old, olderness
Street angel, house devil.
Proverbs and old sayings German about angels, devil, home, house
Crime is cunning; it puts an angel in front of every devil.
Proverbs and old sayings German about crime, criminals, angels, devil
All skill is in vain when an angel pees in the touchhole of your musket.
Proverbs and old sayings German about angels
Write on one of the devil's horns, Good angel, and many will believe it.
Proverbs and old sayings German about angels, faith, devil, good, good luck
A woman has the form of an angel, the heart of a serpent, and the mind of an ass.
Proverbs and old sayings German about angels, mind, heart, woman
Not even an angel can fulfill two missions at once.
Proverbs and old sayings Irish about angels
