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The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul producing holy witness
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,
A goodly apple rotten at the heart.
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

William Shakespeare on good and evil

The Merchant of Venice (c. 1597), Act I, Scene III, spoken by Antonio

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