When a wicked old rake known as Toft
Said, “your skin looks so pretty and soft!”,
A young lady named Harden
Said, “I beg your pardon,
Was that you or the devil who coughed!”.
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K Morris - Poet 
Not much to choose between the two, I wouldn’t have thought.
I think you are right, Vivienne. However, the devil can, I believe be charming and tactful if it serves his ends to be so …!
Just like the rake! The devil is a past master at charm. He can make wrong seem right.