Put your hand in your conscience and see if it does not come out as black as pitch.
If you throw money away with your hands, you will seek it later with your feet.
If you throw money away with your hands, you'll look for it later with your feet.
One man's beard is on fire, and another man warms his hands on it.
You can catch a cricket in your hand but its song is all over the field.
When the monkey can't reach the ripe banana with his hand, he says it is not sweet.
Who has power in his hands has no need to lie; he uses violence.
I'm the glue that holds everything together.
Cast your cares on God; that anchor holds.
Me dad planted that tree,’ she said absently, pointing out through the old cracked window. The great beech filled at least half the sky and shook shadows all over the house. Its roots clutched the slope like a giant hand, holding the hill in place....
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