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You should not hoard your money and die of hunger.
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For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
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One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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The food that is in the mouth is not yet in the belly.
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Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside.
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It is not work that kills, but worry.
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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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One thread for the needle, one love for the heart.
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By labor comes wealth. 
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