Gordian III

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    Turn him to any cause of policy,
    The Gordian knot of it he will unloose,
    Familiar as his garter.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Knavery seems to be so much a the striking feature of its inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to this kingdom.
    —George III (1738–1820)