"The Devil is the enemy of proverbs ("Der Teuffel ist den Sprichwortten feindt")."
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Wanhain Suomalaisten Tawaliset ja Suloiset Sananlascut, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, ISBN 951-717-487-X, Jyväskylä 1987
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Martin Luther
1483 – 1546
deutscher Theologe und Reformator
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