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Women's wealth is beauty, learning, that of men.Tradizione birmana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 509
Read the saying and check its sourcesWomen's wealth is beauty, learning, that of men.
Tradizione birmana · raccolta Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings · 1893 · n. 509
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- W. A. Clouston · Book of Wise Sayings (1893) · Detto n. 509 · attribuzione riportata: Burmese
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