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One devil is like another. — English
One devil does not scratch out another devil's eyes. — Serbo-Croatian
Pulling the devil by the tail does not lead far young or old. — French
Rosary in hand, the devil at heart. — Portuguese
Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil. — English
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She devils are hard to tame. — English
Sloth is the devil's pillow. — English
Suspicion generates dark devils. — Japanese
Talk of the devil and he'll appear. — English
Talk of the devil and you hear his bones rattle. — Dutch
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Tell the truth and shame the devil. — English
Tell a woman she's a beauty, and the devil will tell her so ten times. — English
The devil is civil when he is flattered. — German
The devil is a knave. — English
The devil is dead. — English
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The devil is poor, he has no God. — Russian
The devil wipes his tail with the poor man's pride. — English
The devil will take his own. — English
The devil will be no saint though he be baptised in ninety-nine churches. — Slovak
The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; the devil was well, the devil a monk was he. — English
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The devil is fond of his own. — Spanish
The devil has no power over a drunkard. — English
The devil has his martyrs among men. — Dutch
The devil has a chapel wherever God has a church. — English
The devil gets up to the belfry by the vicar's skirt. — English
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