""If it were a dog, it would..." - Quote by Robert Frost
"If it were a dog, it would have bitten you already." Actual Twents: "At e ne hond was, dan e oew allange ebettene." Meaning: Said to someone who is looking for something which is right under his nose. Source: Twents Woordenbook. Twents in Woord en Gebruik.
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“Trust him to have his bitter politicsAgainst his unacquaintances the richWho sleep in houses of their own, though mortgaged.Conservatives, they don't know what to save.”
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“In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons.”
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“A girl came in the cafe and sat by herself at a table near the window. She was very pretty with a face fresh as a newly minted coin if they minted coins in smooth flesh with rain-freshened skin, and her hair black as a crow's wing and cut sharply and diagonally across her cheek.”