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Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
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An ugly child of your own is more to you than a beautiful one belonging to your neighbor.
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You cannot tell a hungry child that you gave him food yesterday.
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Having beauty doesn’t mean understanding the perseverance of marriage.
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it
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One who eats alone cannot discuss the taste of the food with others.
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Good words are food, bad words poison.
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Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
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The hyena with a cub does not consume all the available food.
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Where there are many, nothing goes wrong.
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