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Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can.
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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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A healthy person who begs for food is an insult to a generous farmer.
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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you
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One spoon of soup in need has more value than a pot of soup when we have an abundance of food.
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Wine, women and food give gladness to the heart.
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Beauty is not sold and eaten
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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The rich are always complaining.
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