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You are beautiful, but learn to work, for you cannot eat your beauty.
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A stream cannot rise above its source.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.
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There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
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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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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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With wealth one wins a woman.
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Every misfortune is a blessing.
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Show me your friend and I will show you your character.
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