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Money is not the medicine against death.
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Happiness is as good as food.
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It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.
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Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.
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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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The food that is in the mouth is not yet in the belly.
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It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir.
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A real family eats the same cornmeal.
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A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.
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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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