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You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
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You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
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A dog knows the places he is thrown food
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By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love.
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The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine.
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Even the colors of a chameleon are for survival not beauty.
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Food you will not eat you do not boil.
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Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with gravel in his mouth.
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