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• A man about to speak the truth should keep one foot in the stirrup. -- Old Mongolian Saying
• They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel
  and so they ended the matter. -- Old Testament -- 2 Samuel xx, 18...
• Are you saying "Ni!" to that old woman?
• Chinese saying: "He who speak with forked tongue, not need chopsticks.
• An "old earth saying" is brought up - drink!
• If I die, Baldrick, d'you think people would remember me?
  ...Yeah, of course they would. People would always be slapping each other on the shoulders and laughing and saying, 'Do you remember old Privy-Breath?...
• May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back
  May the sun shine warm upon your face, the rains fall soft upon your fields and, until we meet again may God hold you in the palm of his hand -- An old Irish saying....
• The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe. -- Old Russian saying