When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?
(English proverb)
The source for this rhyming proverb is English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases by William Carew Hazlitt (Google Books). The poster is made with AutoMotivator. The image is a 14th-century painting at Wikipedia. This proverb was famously invoked by the radical English priest John Ball, a leader of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.
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