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As good eat the devil as the broth he was boiled in.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, good, good luck

Set a beggar on a horse and he'll ride to the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil

Where God builds a church, the devil builds a chapel.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, god

When God says today, the devil says tomorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, god

Revenge in cold blood is the devil's own act and deed.

Proverbs and old sayings German about revenge, blood, devil

Were a woman rules the house, the devil is serving-man.

Proverbs and old sayings German about rules, devil, home, house, woman, man

Set a beggar on horseback, and he'll outride the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil

Where the devil can't go himself, he sends an old woman.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, woman, old, olderness

When the devil reigns today God will be master tomorrow.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, god

Like will to like, as the devil said to the coal-burner.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil

Who stands bail for someone is being teased by the devil.

Proverbs and old sayings German about being, devil

Crime is cunning; it puts an angel in front of every devil.

Proverbs and old sayings German about crime, criminals, angels, devil

Let the devil get into the church, and he will mount the altar.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil

Even the devil's grandmother was a nice girl when she was young.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil

The monk's habit is never so blessed that the devil can't hide in it.

Proverbs and old sayings German about habits, devil

Who neither believes heaven or hell, the devil heartily wishes him well.

Proverbs and old sayings German about hell, devil

Wherever there is a pretty spot, the devil plants a monastery or a lord.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil

He that is busy is tempted but by one devil, he that is idle by a legion.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil

The devil makes his Christmas pies of lawyers' tongues and clerk's fingers.

Proverbs and old sayings German about christmas, devil

He who has once invited the devil into his house, will never be rid of him.

Proverbs and old sayings German about devil, home, house
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