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It is not what you are called, but what you answer to
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A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner.
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The forest provides food to the hunter after he is utterly exhausted.
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If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something
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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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The impotent man does not eat spicy foods.
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Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food.
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Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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When God cooks, you don't see smoke.
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