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Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases.
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If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love.
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Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food.
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A real family eats the same cornmeal.
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Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside.
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Cooked food is not sold for goats.
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A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow.
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The grasshopper which is always near its mother eats the best food.
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If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.
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When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful.
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