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Every woman is beautiful until she speaks.
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Good words are food, bad words poison.
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You should not hoard your money and die of hunger.
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Love is a despot who spares no one.
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Rich people sometimes eat bad food.
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A housewife who complains that there is not enough foodstuff in the market should remember that if her husband adds to what is already available, there would be more for everyone.
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You become wise when you begin to run out of money.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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No partridge scratches the ground in search of food for another
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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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