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Wine, women and food give gladness to the heart.
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He who eats another mans food will have his own food eaten by others.
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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If I could see your face, I would not need food.
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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A stream cannot rise above its source.
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A real family eats the same cornmeal.
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Brothers love each other when they are equally rich.
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If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is.
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One cannot count on riches.
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