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It’s those ugly caterpillars that turn into beautiful butterflies after seasons.
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Where there are experts there will be no lack of learners
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The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine.
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You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
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The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit.
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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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Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you.
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Things are to be tried, an old lady cooked stones and they produced soup.
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Man is like a pepper, till you have chewed it you do not know how hot it is.
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What you give you get, ten times over
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