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What is whiter than snow?’ he said. ‘The truth,’ said Grania.’What is the best colour?’ said Finn. ‘The colour of childhood,’ said she.’What is hotter than fire?’ ‘The face of a hospitable man when he sees a stranger coming in, and the house empty.”What has a taste more bitter than poison?’ ‘The reproach of an enemy.”What is best for a champion?’ ‘His doings to be high, and his pride to be low.”What is the best of jewels?’ ‘A knife.”What is sharper than a sword?’ ‘The wit of a woman between two men.”What is quicker than the wind?’ said Finn then. ‘A woman’s mind,’ said Grania. And indeed she was telling no lie when she said that.
