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Letter "P" » purse
«A little praise is not only merest justice but is beyond the purse of no one»
«Alongside getting faith out of a heart that is utterly hostile and unbelieving, making a silk purse out of a sow's ear or getting blood from a turnip is child's play»
«An empty purse and a new house make a man wise, but too late»
Author: Portuguese Proverb
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«Ask thy purse what thou shouldst spend»
Author: Scottish Proverb
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purse
«And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; / And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: / But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.»
«Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
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«A friend in court is better than a penny in purse.»
«An empty purse frightens away friends»
«Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, / But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; / For the apparel oft proclaims the man.»
«Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; For the apparel oft proclaims the man, And they in France of the best rank and station Are of a most select and generous chief in that»
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