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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat.
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Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.
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Things are to be tried, an old lady cooked stones and they produced soup.
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The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it.
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If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is.
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He who doesn’t clean his mouth before breakfast always complains that the food is sour.
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It takes a village to raise a child.
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Money is not the medicine against death.
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At the bottom of patience one finds heaven.
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