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- From: rschoen@mathematik.uni-ulm.de (Reinhard Schoen)
- Newsgroups: alt.quotations
- Subject: Re: Quotations regardin The Devil
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.163315.18443@wega.rz.uni-ulm.de>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 16:33:15 GMT
- References: <1h5auqINNi0r@agate.berkeley.edu>
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- Reply-To: rschoen@mathematik.uni-ulm.de (Reinhard Schoen)
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- In article <1h5auqINNi0r@agate.berkeley.edu>,
- chuahl@ocf.berkeley.edu (Chua HakLien) writes:
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- |> Anybody have good proverbs/quotations regarding the devil?
- |>
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- Old Bavarian proverb says:
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- "Der Teifi huift seine Leit, oba hoin tuat as"
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- which means in German:
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- Der Teufel hilft seinen Leuten, aber er holt sie.
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- and in English:
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- The devil supports his people/friends/worshippers but then
- he takes them to hell.
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- REinhard
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