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Hee must have a long spoone, shall eat with the devill

Quote byJohn Heywood · 1497–1580

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919), Part II, chapter 5..

English (original)

Hee must have a long spoone, shall eat with the devill.

— John Heywood

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