Obscures the show of evil?

The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.

There is no vice so simple but assumes

Some mark of virtue in his outward parts.

The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Thus ornament is but the guiled shore

To a most dangerous sea.

The Merchant of Venice. Act iii. Sc. 2.

The seeming truth which cunning times put on

To entrap the wisest.