There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outw…

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There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts. ✨ 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 2, l. 73
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There is no vice so simple but assumes some mark of virtue on his outward parts. ✨ 'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 3, sc. 2, l. 73

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