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• A peasant always hangs himself in his landlord's doorway. -- Chinese proverb
• Every peasant is proud of the pond in his village because from it he measures the sea.
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• God, from the mount of Sinai, whose gray top Shall tremble, he descending, will himself, In thunder, lightning, and loud trumpets' sound, Ordain them laws.
  -- John Milton, Paradise Lost, Datalink...
• Gossip needs no carriage. Russian Proverb
• Ask a lot, but take what is offered. -- Russian Proverb
• It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats. -- Russian proverb
• Love and eggs are best when they are fresh. -- Russian Proverb
• Pray to God, but keep rowing to shore. -- Russian Proverb