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When your luck deserts you, even cold food burns.
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A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner.
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He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it.
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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By crawling a child learns to stand
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Wine, women and food give gladness to the heart.
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A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break.
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Even the mightest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest.
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Greed loses what it has gained.
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It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.
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