| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 25605 |
| QUOTATION: | When the Devil quotes Scriptures, its not, really, to deceive, but simply that the masses are so ignorant of theology that somebody has to teach them the elementary texts before he can seduce them. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Paul Goodman (19111972), U.S. author, poet, critic. Spring and Summer 1956, sct. 6, Five Years (1966). |
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