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A ripe melon falls by itself.
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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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Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
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A man who pays respect to the great paves his own way for greatness. 
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You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
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What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.
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Rain does not fall on one roof alone.
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A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.
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A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning.
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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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