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To live so that you would not be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip, is to have lived well



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So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
WILL SMITH So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
WILL ROGERS Live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
WILL ROGERS Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
WILL ROGERS Lead your life so you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
WILL ROGERS Try to live your life so that you wouldn't be afraid to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
WILL ROGERS So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the familiy parrotto the town gossip.
WILL ROGERS So live that you would not mind selling your pet parrot to the town gossip
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ANDREW TO We are afraid that our freedoms and liberties will be infringed in the future.
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