ill gotten goods never thrive
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1519 W. HORMAN Vulgaria 77 Euyll gotten ryches wyll neuer proue longe.
c 1577 J. NORTHBROOKE Treatise..Dicing 95 Euill gotten goods shall neuer prosper.
1609 JONSON Case is Altered V. xii. Ill gotten goods ne’er thriue, I plaid the thiefe, and now am robd my selfe.
1670 J. RAY English Proverbs 98 Ill gotten goods, seldom prosper.
1826 C. LAMB Elia’s Last Essays (1833) ii. That ill-gotten gain never prospers..is the trite consolation administered to the easy dupe, when he has been tricked out of his money or estate.
1937 D. L. SAYERS Busman’s Honeymoon x. Ill gotten goods never thrive... Because he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor.
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