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Do not cast your pearls before swine

  1. Do not waste good things on people who will not appreciate them. This proverb is adapted from a saying of Jesus from the Gospels , “ Cast not pearls before swine .” Jesus appears to be warning his disciples to preach only before receptive audiences.


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petrichor

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Donostia-San SebastiánDo not go gentle into that good night... Rage, rage against the dying of the light