Folk tell children success lies working hard thrifty, much nonsense su — Bernard Cornwell, Burning Land

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Folk tell their children that success lies in working hard and being thrifty, but that is as much nonsense as supposing that a badger, a fox and a wolf could build a church. The way to wealth is to become a Christian bishop or a monastery's abbot and thus be imbued with heaven's permission to lie, cheat and steal your way to luxury.

Bernard Cornwell, The Burning Land

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