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He who doesn’t clean his mouth before breakfast always complains that the food is sour.
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It’s much easier to fall in love than to stay in love.
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Show me your friend and I will show you your character.
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You are beautiful because of your possessions.
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If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars.
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Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.
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Fine words do not produce food.
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He who receives a gift does not measure.
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If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.
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There are many colorful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns.
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