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Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
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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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The one who loves an unsightly person is the one who makes him beautiful.
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A patient man will eat ripe fruit
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Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food.
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An abundance of food at your neighbour’s will not satisfy your hunger.
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The chicken that digs for food will not sleep hungry
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Why they like an ugly person takes long for a beautiful person to know.
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Hurry, hurry has no blessings.
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Happiness is as good as food.
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