The hand can hold only that which it can control; in reaching for too much, one ultimately suffers loss, as do all men who would be rich.
— Papi Proverb 243
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Proverb #433
Speak to nature and in given time nature will reciprocate; gain the trust of secret bearers and their secrets are to gain, for secrets long to speak to those who keep silence. — Papi Proverb 433
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Proverb #806
When a man willingly or unwillingly makes repairs he receives great reward; the only difference in one way or the other is either the inclusion or dismissal of great punishment.
— Papi Proverb 806
Proverb #247
The spirit of a man receives its measure of influence by spiritual seed of good or evil and disperses from it an infinite supply of influence.
— Papi Proverb 247