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[So plain the advantages of machination]
So plain the advantages of machinationIt constitutes a moral obligation,
And honest wolves who think upon't with loathing
Feel bound to don the sheep's deceptive clothing.
So prospers still the diplomatic art,
And Satan bows, with hand upon his heart.
R. S. K.
| The collected works of Ambrose Bierce | |