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The Devil Was Sick,--the Devil A Monk Would Be; The Devil Was Well,--the Devil A Monk Was He.
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The Devil was sick,--the Devil a monk would be;
The Devil was well,--the devil a monk was he.
-- Francis Rabelais (1495-1553)
-- Works, Book iv, Chap. xxiv
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