 | 1875 - 466 pages
...Pleasure of Hope, (1799) Part I. To Rabelais, (1483-1553) is accredited the couplet "The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he." It is found in Rabelais's Works, Vol. II, Book IV, Ch. 24. "Better late than never," is from "An Habitation... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...other half liveth. Book ii. CA. 32, ad fin. I'll go his halves. Book iv. CA. 23. The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he. Boot iv. CA. 24. THOMAS TUSSER. f 1523-1580. FIVE HUNDRED POINTS OF GOOD HUSBANDRY. Time tries the... | |
 | Craufurd Tait Ramage - Quotations, French - 1875 - 646 pages
...pencólo, gabbato el santo.'* He is resolved to make good the Lombnrdic proverb : — " The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk wa» he." RACINE. BORN AD 1630— DIED AD 1099. JEAN RACINE, a celebrated dramatic writer, born at... | |
 | Patrick Henry Woodward - Postal service - 1876 - 596 pages
...adversity; but if so, he certainly made a great mistake in applying the precedent. "The devil w»s sick, the devil a monk would be: The devil was well, the devil a monk was he." " I believe, after all," resumed the officer, taking a final draught of coffee, which restored his... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - Saving and investment - 1876 - 318 pages
...forgot to subscribe for " The Navvy's Home," and the scheme fell to the ground. The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be : The devil was well, the devil a monk was he." CHAPTER XIV. HEALTHY HOMES. " The heat security for civilization is the dwelling." — B. DISRAKM.... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1877 - 362 pages
...Venice. — The DEVIL hath power to assume a pleasing shape. Ibid., Hamlet. — The DEVIL was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he. RARELAIS. — God never had a church but there, men say, The DEVIL a chapel had raised by some wyles.... | |
 | Desiderius Erasmus - Philosophy - 1878 - 486 pages
...then I betake myself to Philosophy, etc. 129 This recalls the noted distich: " The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, The devil was well, the devil a monk was he." The Comedian ... ... ... ... ... ... 130 That expression of t/ie Satyrist, etc ... ... ... 131 The... | |
 | Desiderius Erasmus - Philosophy - 1878 - 506 pages
...betake myself to Philosophy, etc. ... ... ... 129 This recalls the noted distich : "The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be, The devil was well, the devil a monk was he." Tlie Comedian ... ... ... ... ... ... 130 That expression of the Satyrist, etc ... 131 The line is... | |
 | Where, Who - Quotations - 1878 - 186 pages
...cite Scripture for his purpose. SHAKSPEAEE, The Merchant of Venice, act i. sc. 3. The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he. Rabelais. The divine Milton. WORDSWORTH, The Excursion, bk. i. The end must justify the means. PRIOR,... | |
 | Sidney John Hervon Herrtage - Tales, Latin - 1879 - 714 pages
...defunct!. p. 271, 1. 11. [Hazlitt, Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, under the proverb " The Devil was sick, the Devil a monk would be ; The Devil was well, the Devil a monk was he," gives the usual Latin form — " Agrotat Damon, monaehws tune eue volebat ; Cviitaliiit Damon, tails... | |
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The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be ; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. 
