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The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it.
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Roosters’ tail feathers: pretty but always behind.
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The goat says: “Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.”
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.
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Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
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By labor comes wealth. 
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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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She is like a road – pretty, but crooked.
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