The Devil In Sheeps Clothing

Gem #26 – The Devil in Sheep’s Clothing

If the devil comes to my door with his horns visible, I will never let him in; but if he comes with his hat on as a respectable gentleman, he is at once admitted. The metaphor may be very strange, but it is quite true. many a man has taken in an evil thing, because it has been varnished and glossed over, and not apparently an evil; and he has thought in his heart, there is not much harm in it; so he has let in the little thing, and it has been like the breaking forth of water–the first drop has brought after it a torrent. The beginning has been but the beginning of a fearful end.