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A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.
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A woman’s polite devotion is her greatest beauty.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not
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If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love.
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One cannot both feast and become rich.
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it
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Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can.
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A ripe melon falls by itself.
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One shares food not words.
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