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A tree is straightened while it is still young.
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Every woman is beautiful until she speaks.
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A healthy person who begs for food is an insult to a generous farmer.
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Beauty is not sold and eaten
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Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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Money is not the medicine against death.
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Greatness and beauty do not belong to the gods alone.
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Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use.
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Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
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