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Quotation from Richard III by William Shakespeare
“And thus I clothe my naked villany With odd old ends stol’n forth of Holy Writ, And seem a saint when most I play the devil.”
Richard III, Act 1, Scene 3 (Project Gutenberg #1503)
Richard explains how he quotes Scripture to cover his plots against the queen's kinsmen.
Citation: "And thus I clothe my naked villany With odd old ends stol’n forth of Holy Writ, And seem a saint when most I play the devil." — William Shakespeare, Richard III, Act 1, Scene 3 (Project Gutenberg #1503). (id richard-iii-q5)
Portrait: George Frederick Cooke as Richard III, Thomas Sully, Public domain.
