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Proverb #243

By PapiJune 10, 2020Cerebral Challenging / Riddles Directional Kabbalistic Ominous Practical Proverbs

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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