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“And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin Is pride that apes humility.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Devil's Thoughts.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 3ed97166de531b393cf7ae353a0cbf84f72f2af90ef4d7dcdb81f8d7642e3bf8
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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