Offensive content Filter is ON
PROVERB
IDLENESS IS THE MOTHER OF ALL EVIL. TRANSLATION OF
MUESSIGANG IST ALLER LASTER ANFANG.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN ROGENSBERG, GERMANY. AS A CHILD IN
FERNDALE, MICHIGAN, I HEARD SOMETHING SIMILAR. AN IDLE MIND IS A
DEVIL,S WORKSHOP. INFORMANT SAID THIS IS THE GENERAL MEANING OF
THIS PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-04-1967