It [i. e., his look] held the fatal mixture of stupidity and cunning that lurks at the bottom of all evil. (Brian Aldiss)

It [i. e., his look] held the fatal mixture of stupidity and cunning that lurks at the bottom of all evil.

Brian Aldiss

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