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Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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When the food is cooked there is no need to wait before eating it.
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If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.
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Greed loses what it has gained.
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The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it.
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One shares food not words.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has its place.
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Show me your friend and I will show you your character
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