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Ill Wind
'Tis an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Someone profits by
every loss; someone is benefited by every misfortune.
Except wind stands as never it stood,
It is au ill-wind turns none to good.
Tusser: Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, xiii.
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