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If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love.
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat.
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The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but not his heart.
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One who eats alone cannot discuss the taste of the food with others.
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Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can.
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An ugly child of your own is more to you than a beautiful one belonging to your neighbor.
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However long the night, the dawn will break.
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Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food.
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You should not hoard your money and die of hunger.
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