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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.
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Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you
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Patience is the key which solves all problems.
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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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Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
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Hold a true friend with both hands. 
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A wise person will always find a way.
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The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit.
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