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There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.
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A woman’s polite devotion is her greatest beauty.
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One cannot count on riches.
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If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully.
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When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him.
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woman who pursues a man for sex loses her spiritual beauty.
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There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
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A friend is someone you share the path with.
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