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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 work for food when there is no food for work.
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To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better
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Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.
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He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.
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There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.
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The friends of our friends are our friends.
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Food you will not eat you do not boil.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you.
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A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries.
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