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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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If you give bad food to your stomach, it drums for you to dance.
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No one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another person’s teeth.
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It’s much easier to fall in love than to stay in love.
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Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.
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A dog knows the places he is thrown food
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What one won’t eat by itself, one will eat when mixed with other food.
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The most beautiful fig may contain a worm.
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If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
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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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