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A healthy person who begs for food is an insult to a generous farmer.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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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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Patience puts a crown on the head.
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Don’t take another mouthful before you have swallowed what is in your mouth.
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The most beautiful fig may contain a worm.
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He who fears the sun will not become chief.
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The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach.
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The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it.
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Having beauty doesn’t mean understanding the perseverance of marriage.
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