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When your luck deserts you, even cold food burns.
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Beautiful from behind, ugly in front.
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A real family eats the same cornmeal.
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The surface of the water is beautiful, but it is no good to sleep on.
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If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
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The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it.
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When God cooks, you don't see smoke.
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