The devil, who seldom lies dead in a ditch, but will have a finger in every pie. - Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Don Quixote Quotes)

The devil, who seldom lies dead in a ditch, but will have a finger in every pie.[translation by John Willis Clark]The devil, who never sleeps and puts everything in confusion.[translation by John Ormsby][El diablo que no duerme, y que todo lo añasca.]

Source:(ed. 1871), Part I, Chapter XIX, Page 102; (ed. 1885), Part I, Chapter XXI, Volume I, Page 317
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