Oh, what tangled webs we weave, When first we practice to deceive!
Sir Walter Scott, Quentia Durward.
Sir Walter Scott's famous verse contrasting the complexity that lies weave with the simplicity of truth.
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— Charles Haddon Spurgeon
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— Quintilian
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— Unknown
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