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The cook does not have to be a beautiful woman.
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Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.
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If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love.
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If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them? 
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A tree is straightened while it is still young.
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Where there are many, nothing goes wrong.
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Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat.
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Roosters’ tail feathers: pretty but always behind.
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Good music goes with good food.
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He who is being carried does not realize how far the town is.
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