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Why they like an ugly person takes long for a beautiful person to know.
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If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something
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Dress up a stick and it’ll be a beautiful bride.
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Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.
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Youth is beauty, even in cattle.
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A man who pays respect to the great paves his own way for greatness. 
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A small house will hold a hundred friends.
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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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The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine.
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Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far.
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