Deception.

Name: Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare - Deception.
Author: Edith Nesbit

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
An evil soul, producing holy witness,
Is like a villain with a smiling cheek;
A goodly apple rotten at the heart;
O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!

Merchant of Venice — I. 3.

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Chicago: Edith Nesbit, "Deception.," Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, ed. Altemus, Henry in Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare Original Sources, accessed July 14, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4A5VPLW2BTMLS4Q.

MLA: Nesbit, Edith. "Deception." Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, edited by Altemus, Henry, in Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, Original Sources. 14 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4A5VPLW2BTMLS4Q.

Harvard: Nesbit, E, 'Deception.' in Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare, ed. . cited in , Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare. Original Sources, retrieved 14 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4A5VPLW2BTMLS4Q.