Chief Twit Elon Musk ominously posted the quote: ‘Oh, what a tangled web they weave, when first they practice to…’ hours after he announced the firing of Twitter lawyer James Baker.
The quote paraphrases poetry written by Sir Walter Scott and the next word, left out by Musk, is deceive.
The line is used to describe the devastating ramifications of lies on people’s lives. It was written in 1808 and appears in Scott’s epic poem Marmion. The words are often erroneously attributed to William Shakespeare.
