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At the bottom of patience one finds heaven.
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Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside.
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Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully.
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Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald ~ yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones.
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With wealth one wins a woman.
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A small house will hold a hundred friends.
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You are beautiful because of your possessions.
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A spider’s cobweb isn’t only its sleeping spring but also its food trap.
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It takes a village to raise a child.
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Where there is love there is no darkness.
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