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There can be no peace without understanding.
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Never marry a woman who has bigger feet than you.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
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Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far.
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“Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet”. The person, who doesn't think about danger, is silly. He doesn't even guess that having stepped with two feet in water, he may not find a bottom.
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A dog knows the places he is thrown food
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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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To try and to fail is not laziness
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Patience can cook a stone.
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