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One cannot count on riches.
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A united family eats from the same plate.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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If you find “Miss This Year” beautiful, then you’ll find “Miss Next Year” even more so.
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Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you.
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At the bottom of patience one finds heaven.
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Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food.
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Good words are food, bad words poison.
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
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Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.
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