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'Tis an easier matter to raise the devil than to lay him.

Desiderius Erasmus
Devil, Matter, Easier
Desiderius Erasmus (1733). “All the Familiar Colloquies of Desiderius Erasmus, of Roterdam, Concerning Men, Manners, and Things”, p.202
'Tis an easier matter to raise the devil than to lay him.