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"And thus I clothe my naked villainyWith odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ;And seem a saint, when most I play the devil."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Deception, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Life

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"And thus I clothe my naked villainyWith odd old ends stol'n out of holy writ;And seem a saint, when most I play the devil."

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