But All Was False And Hollow; Though His Tongue Dropp'd Manna, And Could Make The Worse Appear The Better Reason, Maturest Counsels.

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But all was false and hollow; though his tongue
Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear
The better reason,
Maturest counsels.
-- John Milton (1608-1674)
-- Paradise Lost, Book ii, Line 112

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