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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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Dress up a stick and it’ll be a beautiful bride.
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Money is sharper than the sword.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali.
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There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
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Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper
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Slowly, slowly, porridge goes into the gourd.
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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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