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He who fears the sun will not become chief.
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By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.
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You become wise when you begin to run out of money.
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If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them? 
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A single bracelet does not jingle.
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Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
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Why they like an ugly person takes long for a beautiful person to know.
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You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
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The one who loves an unsightly person is the one who makes him beautiful.
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Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.
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