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Successful villany is called virtue.
Successful villany is called virtue.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
You are his father by nature, I by counsel.
Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.
Let that flea stick in the wa', when the dirt's dry, it'll rub
out.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Things at the worst will cease, or e'en climb upward
To what they were before.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
Men speake of the faire, as things went with them there.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth
knowledge increaseth sorrow.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
Wishing, of all employments is the worst.
