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He who profits by a crime, commits it.
He who profits by a crime, commits it.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Don't shit on your own doorstep.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Thou marvell'st at my words, but hold thee still;
Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
Hard toil can roughen form and face,
And want call quench the eye's bright grace.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
The bitter past, more welcome is the sweet.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
O well for him whose will is strong,
He suffers, but he will not suffer long.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Though a lie be well drest, it is ever overcome.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
Revenge and wrong bring forth their kind;
The foul cubs like their parents are.
