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Quoting Scripture: Quotations from Shakespearian Quotations

But then I sigh, and, with a piece of scripture, Tell them, that God bids us do good for evil. And thus I clothe my naked villany With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ; And seem a saint when most I play the devil. R. III. i. 3 In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text,— M. V. iii. 2.

Hiding the grossness with fair ornament? 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:— M. V. i. 3.

O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath! O thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to— H. IV. PT. I. i. 2.

corrupt a saint. R.