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To get lost is to learn the way.
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Patience is the mother of a beautiful child
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You become wise when you begin to run out of money.
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Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends.
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Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far.
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One spoon of soup in need has more value than a pot of soup when we have an abundance of food.
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A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner.
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Coffee and love taste best when hot.
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A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character.
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Much wealth brings many enemies.
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