He who has no mind to trade with the devil, should be so wi… - Robert Southey

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He who has no mind to trade with the devil, should be so wise as to keep away from his shop.

Robert Southey

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Robert Southey (August 12 1774 – March 21 1843) was an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called Lake Poets, and Poet Laureate.

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He who has no mind to trade with the devil, should be so wise as to keep away from his shop. - Robert Southey

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