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You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win
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If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.
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When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him.
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He who fears the sun will not become chief.
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If I could see your face, I would not need food.
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors
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To try and to fail is not laziness
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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She is beautiful; she has love, understands; she respects herself and others; everyone likes, loves and honors her; she is a goddess.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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