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The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
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When your luck deserts you, even cold food burns.
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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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The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it.
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No one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another person’s teeth.
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The forest not only hides man’s enemies but its full of man’s medicine, healing power and food.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you.
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There is no medicine to cure hatred.
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If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars.
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