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He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.
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Where there are many, nothing goes wrong.
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A housewife who complains that there is not enough foodstuff in the market should remember that if her husband adds to what is already available, there would be more for everyone.
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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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You should know what’s being cooked in the kitchen otherwise you might eat a forbidden food.
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The one who loves an unsightly person is the one who makes him beautiful.
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Rich people cook their food in a potsherd.
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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
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With wealth one wins a woman.
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War has no eyes
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