ProverbChallengeEnglish origin

Make not the devil blacker than he is.

Meaning: Don't exaggerate someone's faults or paint them worse than reality warrants.

Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.

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