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MORAL by GEORGE MURRAY (1830-1910)

First Line: THE MORAL IS THIS: WHEN WE ROB FRIEND OR FOE
Last Line: DYSPEPSIA WOULD NEVER HAVE BROUGHT HIM TO GRIEF!
Subject(s): CRIME & CRIMINALS; GRIEF; SORROW; SADNESS;

The Moral is this: when we rob friend or foe,
It seldom brings weal, but it often brings woe.
Had Renard not been an inordinate thief,
Dyspepsia would never have brought him to grief!



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