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She is beautiful; she has love, understands; she respects herself and others; everyone likes, loves and honors her; she is a goddess.
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Why they like an ugly person takes long for a beautiful person to know.
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If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something
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The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit.
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
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You are beautiful, but learn to work, for you cannot eat your beauty.
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Nature gave us two cheeks instead of one to make it easier to eat hot food.
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it
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Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.
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