And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tel…

William Shakespeare
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And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence ✨ 'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 3, l. 123
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And oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths, Win us with honest trifles, to betray's In deepest consequence ✨ 'Macbeth' (1606) act 1, sc. 3, l. 123

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