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DROMIO OF SYRACUSE: Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.
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Comedy of Errors, Act 4, sc. 3, l. 65ff (4.3.65-66) (1594) - Shakespeare, William | WIST Quotations
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE: Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil. The phrase was popularized by Shakespeare, but had appeared earlier, e.g., Chaucer, "The Squire's Tale," ll. 602-603, Canterbury Tales (c. 1386): "Therfor bihoveth him a ful long spoon That shal ete with a feend,"…