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If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
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There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast.
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He who loves the vase loves also what is inside.
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Even the best cooking pot will not produce food
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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The friends of our friends are our friends.
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He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it.
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A beautiful one hurts the heart.
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The one who loves an unsightly person is the one who makes him beautiful.
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