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A beautiful thing is never perfect.
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You cannot work for food when there is no food for work.
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A healthy person who begs for food is an insult to a generous farmer.
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A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.
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If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve them with war.
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A single bracelet does not jingle.
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It’s those ugly caterpillars that turn into beautiful butterflies after seasons.
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You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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Hold a true friend with both hands. 
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