The law devised, its evasion contrived.
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Never say, of this water I will not drink, of this bread I will not eat.Portuguese
Children should be seen and not heard.
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He threatens many who affronts one.
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The blind man has picked up a coin.
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Under the sackcloth there is something else.
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An empty purse and a new house make a man wise, but too late.
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