Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick, Though he gave his name t… - Samuel Butler

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Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick,
Though he gave his name to our Old Nick.

Samuel Butler

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Samuel Butler (February 8 1612 – September 25 1680) was an English satirical poet.

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John Dryden Oliver Goldsmith Alexander Pope Walter Scott Robert Southey

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Quoth Hudibras, "I smell a rat!
Ralpho, thou dost prevaricate."

If he that in the field is slain
Be in the bed of honour lain,
He that is beaten may be said
To lie in honour's truckle-bed.

And force them, though it was in spite
Of Nature and their stars, to write.

Nick Machiavel had ne'er a trick, Though he gave his name to our Old Nick. - Samuel Butler

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