Gain has a pleasant odour, come whence it will.
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If you would grow poor without perceiving it, employ workmen and go to sleep.Portuguese
Let every one be content with what God has given him.
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If you want to be served, serve yourself.
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Counterfeit coin passes current at night.
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Baskets after the vintage.
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The mistress is queen, the wife is the slave.
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