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Good workemen are seldome rich.
Good workemen are seldome rich.
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream read more
Just as the felon condemn'd to die--
With a very natural loathing--
Leaving the sheriff to dream of ropes,
From his gloomy cell in a vision elopes,
To caper on sunny greens and slopes,
Instead of the dance upon nothing.
The covetous are always in want.
The covetous are always in want.
Novelty in all things is charming.
Novelty in all things is charming.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
There is no vice so simple, but assumes
Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
What you don't know can't hurt you.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
In war, hunting, and love, men for one pleasure a thousand
griefes prove.
Service without reward is punishment.
Service without reward is punishment.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.
Let not your expenditure exceed your income.