Sentence examples for better the devil from inspiring English sources

Probably better the devil you know.

Another deterrent follows a better the devil you know logic.

"But drivers think 'Better the devil you know,'" he says.

Better the devil you know and so on.

"Better the devil we know than the devil we don't.

It is a case of better the devil you know.

"Better the devil we know than the one we don't".

Better the devil you can barely tolerate, as it were.

Mr Putin also relies on such better-the-devil-you-know thinking.

Elected leaders have a habit of languishing in the polls only to claw back ground at the last minute as the public ultimately opt for a better-the-devil-you-know vote.

Most people prefer to live in the familiar past, the better-the-devil-you-know syndrome, or the wishful-thinking future, as we don't trust happiness and don't believe peace to be real or lasting.