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You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
A creature not too bright nor good
For human nature's daily food.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.
Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.
Which he by hook or crook has gather'd
And by his own inventions father'd.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
Let the poor man mind his tongue.
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
We suffer by our proximity. [Who get a blow intended for
another.]
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
