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El diablo estaba enfermo (The Devil Was Sick) es un relato fantástico del escritor norteamericano Bruce Elliot (1914-1973), publicado originalmente en la edición de abril de 1951 de la revista The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, y luego reeditado en la antología de 1958: Pactos con el diablo (Deals with the Devil). El diablo estaba ...
Manser's Dictionary of Everyday Idioms (revised 1997) says the devil - used as an answer to a statement to express anger, disbelief, or other strong feeling. So basically, when the Devil was sick he acted like a saint, but no way did he keep that up when he was well.
EL DIABLO ESTABA ENFERMO Bruce Elliot THE DEVIL WAS SICK, Bruce Elliot. Copyright 1951 by Fantasy House, Inc.. Permission by the author. Traducción de Jaime Pi ...
9780199539536. Published online: 2009. Current Online Version: 2009. eISBN: 9780191727740. Find at OUP.com. Google Preview. The devil was sick, the Devil a saint would be; the Devil was well, the devil a saint was he! Promises made in adversity may not be kept in prosperity. Cf. medieval L. aegrotavit daemon, monachus tunc esse volebat; daemon ...
The devil was sick, the devil a monk would be; The devil was well, the devil a monk was he. People who make pious resolutions in time of illness or peril forget all about them when they are healthy and safe again. John Owen wrote this epigram:
François Rabelais. Chapter 24. - Gargantua and Pantagruel (1532 - 1564) - Fourth Book (1548, 1552) François Rabelais quote: The Devil was sick,—the Devil a monk would be; The Devil was well,—the devil a monk was he.
1. I'm not sure which of my two posted answers is the best match for your question. In "The Devil Was Sick" the demon is transfigured into an angel, but he is not "analyzed" as in psychoanalysis, he is cured by an advanced tech device. The demon in "Fallen Angel" is psychoanalyzed, but does not turn into an angel.
