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Beauty is not sold and eaten
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A friend is someone you share the path with.
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Good words are food, bad words poison.
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If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
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When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield.
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Why they like an ugly person takes long for a beautiful person to know.
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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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For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
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Love has to be shown by deeds not words.
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One thread for the needle, one love for the heart.
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