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The East
Date: Centuries-old
Notes: Eastern Proverb or Folk Saying on Fate and Fortune
      o "Do not remove a fly from your friend's head with a hatchet."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524859. 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 "It's no use calling the tiger the chase away the dog."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524863. 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 "To go beyond is as bad as to fall short."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524867. 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 "Do not believe a weeping man or a laughing woman."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524871. 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 dogs bark, but the caravan goes on."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524875. 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 washerwoman knows the defects of the village."
      Image ID: NYPL #1524883. Cigarette Cards: ABCs (published ca. 1922-1939).
Contributed by: Courtesty of The New York Public Library, Digital Gallery

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