Indebtedness is that which makes one a slave; it is reason to understand the saying, “owe no man anything.”
— Papi Proverb 259
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Proverb #272
How love comes to be heard in a voice, or felt in a touch, is a mystery to those who have never heard the voice or felt the touch.
— Papi Proverb 272
Proverb #73
Propriety acknowledges with virtue, and respects with praise, the set boundary of all things.
Proverb #415
Concerning family, the son-in-law that presents his mother’s approval as vouchsafe for the valor required in the marriage is a fool in his own right, and remains exposed.
— Papi Proverb 415
