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By labor comes wealth. 
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
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She is like a road – pretty, but crooked.
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He who marries a beauty marries trouble.
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A tree is straightened while it is still young.
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The impotent man does not eat spicy foods.
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Dress up a stick and it’ll be a beautiful bride.
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What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.
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Where there are many, nothing goes wrong.
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