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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:204
AUTHOR:Thomas Tusser (c. 1515–1580)
QUOTATION:God sendeth and giveth both mouth and the meat. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry.
 
Note 1.
God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooks.—John Taylor: Works, vol. ii. p. 85 (1630). Ray: Proverbs. David Garrick: Epigram on Goldsmith’s Retaliation. [back]
 

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