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Eat when the food is ready; speak when the time is right
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A good deed is something one returns.
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Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends.
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The mouth is stupid after eating it forgets who gave it the food.
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There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
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If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree
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Why they like an ugly person takes long for a beautiful person to know.
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He who receives a gift does not measure.
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If you offend, ask for a pardon; if offended forgive.
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The goat says: “Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.”
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