John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
9585 Alain Ren&eaute Le Sage 1668-1747 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 9585 |
| AUTHOR: | Alain René Le Sage (1668–1747) |
| QUOTATION: | Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil’s back is spent under his belly. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Gil Blas. Book viii. Chap. ix. |
| Note 1. See Rabelais, Quotation 48. [back] |