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“amat victoria curam””

A book of quotations, proverbs and household words; a collection of quotations from British and American authors, ancient and modern; with many thousands of proverbs, familiar phrases and sayings, from all sources, including Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Latin

“WHEN the origin of a thing is remote and mysterious it has been the custom to attribute it to the Devil or to Asia.””

Playing Cards: History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets

“amat victoria curam””

A book of quotations, proverbs and household words; a collection of quotations from British and American authors, ancient and modern; with many thousands of proverbs, familiar phrases and sayings, from all sources, including Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Latin

“WHEN the origin of a thing is remote and mysterious it has been the custom to attribute it to the Devil or to Asia.””

Playing Cards: History of the Pack and Explanations of its Many Secrets

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