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Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
Thus woe succeeds a woe, as wave a wave.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
'Tis godlike to have power, but not to kill.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
Get money; by just means. if you can; if not, still get money.
Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
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Nothing is so swift as calumny, nothing is more easily
propagated, nothing more readily credited, nothing more widely
circulated.
A great while ago the world begun,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain;
But that's read more
A great while ago the world begun,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain;
But that's all one, our play is done,
And we'll strive to please you every day.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
In vaine is the mill-clacke, if the Miller his hearing lack.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
If great men would have care of little ones, both would last
long.
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.
If you squander on a holyday, you will want on a workday unless
you have been sparing.
