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  • It is the wisdom of the crocodiles, that shed tears when they would devour.

    - Francis,Viscount St Albans Bacon
      Essays, no.23,'Of  Wisdom for a Man's Self'.

  • Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.

    -Bible (NewTestament)
    Peter 5:8.

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