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Wine, women and food give gladness to the heart.
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For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
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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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You should know what’s being cooked in the kitchen otherwise you might eat a forbidden food.
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Rain does not fall on one roof alone.
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The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach.
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One cannot count on riches.
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A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.
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Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully.
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There are many colorful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns.
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