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A friend is someone you share the path with.
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Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside.
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A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.
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He who fears the sun will not become chief.
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It is no shame at all to work for money.
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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A real family eats the same cornmeal.
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Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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Every misfortune is a blessing.
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