| 单词 | ill-gotten goods never prosper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasill-gotten (also evil-gotten) goods never prosper a. ill-gotten (also evil-gotten) goods never prosper and variants. ΚΠ 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. C.viijv Euyll gotten good go euyll away. 1543 T. Becon Inuectyue agenst Swearing f. xliiii Euel gotten goodes wyl neuer come to good profe. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Eiiv Evill gotten good neuer proueth well. 1615 W. Welde tr. Janua Linguarum 21 Goods euill gotten are not durable. 1761 J. Parsons Thirty Lect. Princ. Christian Relig. xviii. 190 Ill-gotten Goods never thrive or benefit the Possessor. 1810 L. Richmond Fathers Eng. Church V. 600 Evil-gotten goods cannot long prosper. 1892 Daily News 10 Feb. 5/1 The millionaire, like the ordinary citizen..probably finds that given goods never prosper. 1908 Outlook (N.Y.) 11 Apr. 819/2 Rabelais..allowed his readers to infer that ill-gotten goods seldom prosper. < as lemmas |
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