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Letter "P" » penny
«It may be a penny for your thoughts, but it is now a quarter for your voice.»
«Sex in a woman's world has the same currency a penny has in a man's. Every penny saved is a penny earned in one world and in the next every sexual adventure is a literary experience.»
«I won't play for a penny less than fifteen hundred dollars»
«I told the Inland Revenue I didn't owe them a penny because I lived near the seaside.»
«He that has a penny in his purse, is worth a penny: Have and you shall be esteemed»
Author: Petronius
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Keywords:
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Esteeming,
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«Never was heard such a terrible curse ! ! / But what gave rise / To no little surprise, / Nobody seemed one penny the worse!»
«Nothing is cheap which is superfluous, for what one does not need, is dear at a penny»
«He that buys by the penny, maintains not only himself, but other people»
«Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
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Inventor,
Philosopher,
Printer,
Scientist,
Statesman,
Writer)
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About:
Business,
Honesty,
Money
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Keywords:
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industry,
insult,
nakedness,
One Penny,
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«Penny wise is often pound foolish.»