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If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love.
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If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.
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One cannot count on riches.
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Unity is strength, division is weakness.
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If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them? 
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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.
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By crawling a child learns to stand.
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The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth.
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Even the best cooking pot will not produce food
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