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'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.
'Tis pleasant to have a large heap to take from.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
A lie that is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
They have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
Ready mony is a ready Medicine.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
'Tis easier to build two chimneys, then to maintaine one.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
One mouth doth nothing without another.
But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in,
And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,
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But when dread Sloth, the Mother of Doom, steals in,
And reigns where Labour's glory was to serve,
Then is the day of crumbling not far off.