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There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.
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An ugly child of your own is more to you than a beautiful one belonging to your neighbor.
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If I could see your face, I would not need food.
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Things are to be tried, an old lady cooked stones and they produced soup.
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A pretty basket does not prevent worries.
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Youth is beauty, even in cattle.
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald ~ yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones.
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If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.
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There can be no peace without understanding.
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