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The East
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
      o "Call on God, but row away from the rocks."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524797. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery

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The East
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Wickedness
      o "Free sitters grumble most at the play."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524801. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery

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The East
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
      o "Good juice from the fruit comes without squeezing."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524805. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery

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The East
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
      o "If you are a hen, then lay eggs, if a cock, then crow."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524813. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery

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The East
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
      o "Picking up a large stone is a sign it won't be thrown."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524821. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery

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The East
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
      o "The tongue can mount you on an elephant."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524825. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery

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The East
Date:
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
      o "Though the thorn on your foot be very little, stop and take it out."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524829. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery

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The East
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
      o "The secret is thy prisoner, but if thou lettest it go, though becomest its prisoner."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524831. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery

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The East
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
      o "Two days a guest, but the third day a nuisance."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524833. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery

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The East
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
      o "If I am master, and you are master, who shall drive the asses?"
      Image ID: NYPL #1524841. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery

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