Thomas Deloney Quotes

Thomas Deloney was an English novelist and balladist.

✵ 1543 – 1600
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Thomas Deloney Quotes

“God sends meat and the devil sends cooks.”

Originally in A. Borde Dietary of Health xi. (1542 )
Used and popularised by Deloney in 1574. Dictionary of Proverbs http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7PMZJqSR4sAC&pg=PA236&lpg=PA236&dq=god+sends+meat+deloney&source=bl&ots=ASloRAQyP1&sig=xQyq5EwO7MuEouEj2kHOFGMvuE8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UW_3UqP3DYGGhQfrnIGwBQ&ved=0CDoQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=god%20sends%20meat%20deloney&f=false

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