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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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Greed loses what it has gained.
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When the food is cooked there is no need to wait before eating it.
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However long the night, the dawn will break.
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Love has to be shown by deeds not words.
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A man’s wealth may be superior to him.
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The chicken that digs for food will not sleep hungry
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There is no medicine to cure hatred.
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An abundance of food at your neighbour’s will not satisfy your hunger.
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