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A man’s wealth may be superior to him.
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Don't set sail using someone else's star.
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A good deed is something one returns.
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The one who loves an unsightly person is the one who makes him beautiful.
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What you give you get, ten times over
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You become wise when you begin to run out of money.
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The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but not his heart.
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Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with gravel in his mouth.
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It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.
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To get lost is to learn the way.
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