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Live so that you won't be ashamed to sell the family parrot
to the town gossip.
Submitter comment:
My mother told me this a long time ago and I have passed it
down to my children. I only hope they are living by this
saying.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
