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It is not what you are called, but what you answer to
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A patient person never misses a thing.
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One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
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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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A dog knows the places he is thrown food
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The hyena with a cub does not consume all the available food.
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When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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An abundance of food at your neighbour’s will not satisfy your hunger.
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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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