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A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character.
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A housewife who complains that there is not enough foodstuff in the market should remember that if her husband adds to what is already available, there would be more for everyone.
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He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.
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A good deed is something one returns.
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Why they like an ugly person takes long for a beautiful person to know.
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A beautiful one hurts the heart.
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There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast.
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He who fears the sun will not become chief.
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A spider’s cobweb isn’t only its sleeping spring but also its food trap.
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A chattering bird builds no nest.
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