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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Ill-gotten

Ill-got, ill-spent.

Ill-gotten gains are productive of evil.Sophocles.

Ill-gotten goods never prosper.German.

Ill-gotten is ill-spent.Plautus.

Things ill-got had ever bad success;
And happy always was it for that son
Whose father for his hoarding went to hell.Shakespeare.