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When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield.
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Rich people sometimes eat bad food.
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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Good words are food, bad words poison.
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Do not follow a person who is running away
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Patience can cook a stone.
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