The wicked all are water-drinkers:
'Tis by the deluge clearly proved.

Tous les méchants sont buveurs d'eau:
C'est bien prouvé par le déluge.

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T. B. Harbottle; P. H. Dalbiac, Dictionary of Quotations: French and Italian, 2nd ed. (1904), p. 216

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