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Quotation by Shakespeare
O cunning enemy, that to catch a saint,
With saints doth bait thy hook! Most dangerous
Is that temptation that doth goad us on
To sin in loving virtue.
With saints doth bait thy hook! Most dangerous
Is that temptation that doth goad us on
To sin in loving virtue.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Angelo, in Measure for Measure, act 2, sc. 2, l. 179-82.
Angelo imagines Satan (the "enemy") as causing him to be attracted sexually to Isabella.
Angelo imagines Satan (the "enemy") as causing him to be attracted sexually to Isabella.
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