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Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food.
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A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character.
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A small house will hold a hundred friends.
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A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner.
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Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
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Even the colors of a chameleon are for survival not beauty.
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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When your luck deserts you, even cold food burns.
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There can be no peace without understanding.
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If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.
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