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A healthy person who begs for food is an insult to a generous farmer.
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Food you will not eat you do not boil.
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A small house will hold a hundred friends.
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Rich people sometimes eat bad food.
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If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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Beautiful from behind, ugly in front.
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Despite the beauty of the moon, sun and the stars, the sky also has a threatening thunder and striking lightening.
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He who does not know one thing knows another.
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The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it.
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An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep
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