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A friend is someone you share the path with.
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Unity is strength, division is weakness.
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When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat.
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When God cooks, you don't see smoke.
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A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner.
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One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom.
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It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir.
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You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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One cannot both feast and become rich.
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