For the villainy of the world is great, and a man has to run his legs off to keep them from being stolen out fom underneath him.
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Many commit the same crime with a different destiny; one bears a cross as the price of his villainy, another wears a crown.
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But then I sigh, and with a piece of scripture, Tell them that God bids us do good for evil. And thus I clothe my naked villainy With odd old ends stolen forth of holy writ, And seem I a saint, when most I play the Devil.
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Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.
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And thus I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ And seem a saint, when most I play the devil.
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If I had my mouth, I would bite; if I had my liberty, I would do my liking. In the meantime, let me be that I am, and seek not to alter me.
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We weren't wealthy but we definitely weren't poor. We were incredibly rich because there was a wonderful community in Shepherd's Bush, where I grew up. All my friends were into villainy and crime.
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The best years are the forties; after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but in the forties he is at the maximum of his villainy.
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For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.
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