Nothing is greater than God, nothing is more evil than the devil, the poor have nothing, the rich need nothing, and if you eat nothing, you die.
It’s greater than God and more evil than the devil. The poor have it, the rich need it, and if you eat it, you die. What is it?
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It fits every line by not being there.
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Nothing
Source: Anonymous; an older form is in Edith B. Ordway, The Handbook of Conundrums, 1914