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The most beautiful fig may contain a worm.
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Sugarcane is sweetest at its joint”. It is difficult to achieve some things, but at the end, a man will enjoy the result.
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He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it.
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A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.
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Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with gravel in his mouth.
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A woman’s polite devotion is her greatest beauty.
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It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.
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A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner.
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Beauty is not sold and eaten
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The mouth is stupid after eating it forgets who gave it the food.
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