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Hold a true friend with both hands.
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What you give you get, ten times over
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The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth.
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When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat.
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Hold a true friend with both hands. 
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If you find “Miss This Year” beautiful, then you’ll find “Miss Next Year” even more so.
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If you find “Miss This Year” beautiful, then you’ll find “Miss Next Year” even more so.
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It is no shame at all to work for money.
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The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth.
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One spoon of soup in need has more value than a pot of soup when we have an abundance of food.
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