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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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The East
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
      o "The barber learns his art on the orphan's face."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524847. 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 camel-driver has his plans and the camel has his."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524849. 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 "A hair's breadth at the bow is a mile beside the butt."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524851. 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 "A hollow building echoes all sounds; a vacant mind is open to all suggestions."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524853. 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 "Do not ask the way of a blind man."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524857. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery

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