John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
2181 Robert Burton 1577-1640 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 2181 |
| AUTHOR: | Robert Burton (1577–1640) |
| QUOTATION: | Where God hath a temple, the Devil will have a chapel. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Anatomy of Melancholy. Part iii. Sect. 4, Memb. 1, Subsect. 1. |
| Note 1. For where God built a church, there the Devil would also build a chapel.—Martin Luther: Table Talk, lxvii. God never had a church but there, men say, The Devil a chapel hath raised by some wyles. William Drummond: Posthumous Poems. No sooner is a temple built to God but the Devil builds a chapel hard by.—George Herbert: Jacula Prudentum. Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there. Daniel Defoe: The True-born Englishman, part i. line 1. [back] |