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By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
By doing nothing we learne to do ill.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
I wrote these verses, but another claimed the merit of them.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
The love of money and the love of learning rarely meet.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
Make hay while the sun shines.
Make hay while the sun shines.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is,
To have a thankless child.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.
Successful villany is called virtue.
Successful villany is called virtue.
