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If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.
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One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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Youth is beauty, even in cattle.
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Wisdom is wealth
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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
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If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is.
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One must talk little and listen much. 
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Patience puts a crown on the head.
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He who loves the vase loves also what is inside.
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