He was, in fact, a veritable crouching tiger, willing to cringe and fawn until he mastered his adversary, and… — Naguib Mahfouz
He was, in fact, a veritable crouching tiger, willing to cringe and fawn until he mastered his adversary, and woe to anyone he did master! Experience had taught him that this gentleman and others like him were enemies with whom must be friendly. They were, as he put it, useful devils.
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