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When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat.
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The friends of our friends are our friends.
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A man’s wealth may be superior to him.
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By labor comes wealth. 
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Happiness is as good as food.
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Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald ~ yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones.
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A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.
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Dress up a stick and it’ll be a beautiful bride.
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Wisdom is wealth
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Sugarcane is sweetest at its joint”. It is difficult to achieve some things, but at the end, a man will enjoy the result.
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