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48 Cards in this Set
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personifies wordly riches
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mammon
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symbol of divine blessings any unexpected and welcome gift or find
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manna from heaven
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sign of punishment
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mark of cain
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any goal for a pilgrimage
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mecca
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proverbial for longevity
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methuselah
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one whose involvement is always successful
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midas
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any object coveted
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naboth's vineyard
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excessive self love
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narcissim
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victory
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nike
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man in his primitive state is good
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noble savage
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extraordinary discoveries
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odyssesy
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offer of peace
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olive branch
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divine inspiration
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oracle
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half man half goat
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pan
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lavish good things
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pearls before swine
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creative or inspired work
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to mount pegasus
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endless task
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penelope's weavings
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hidebound traditionalism hypocrisy and self righteousness
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pharisees
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uncultured narrow person
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philistine
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resurrection
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pheniox
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hint of sarcasm
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powers that be
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any lavish welcome
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kill the fatted calf
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pharoahs
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sons of ra
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human events don't always turn out expected
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race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong
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person out of step with time
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rip van winkle
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some cause of belief
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road to damascus
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guardian of poor
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robin hood
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neither truly evil or good
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rosencrantz and guildenstern
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epitome of devotion and loyalty
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ruth
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traditional sign of grief
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sackcloth and ashes
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virtue lack of excitement
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salt of the earth
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chair that killed all but the rightful occupant
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siege perilous
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god's forgiveness
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sins be as scarlet they shall be white as snow
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theban strangles or one given to puzzling pronouncements
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sphinx
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woman whose full potential remains unrealized
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sleeping beauty
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seductive and beguiling woman
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siren
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ignore important issues
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strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
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one who can almost magically influence another through force of will
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svengali
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warning against violence
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take the sword perish with the sword
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chronic vexation which hampers the sufferer with comp disabling him
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thorn in the flesh
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follow an ideal imaginary foes
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tilt at windmills
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offer no resistance
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turn the other cheek
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harm either proponent or opponent
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two edge sword
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ideal perfect human society
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utopia
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any one not heard
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voice crying in the wilderness
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to expensive to maintain
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white elephant
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crazy Alice in wonderland
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white rabbit
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virtuous woman
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wife of bath
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