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The most beautiful fig may contain a worm.
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Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside.
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If you find “Miss This Year” beautiful, then you’ll find “Miss Next Year” even more so.
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He who loves money must labor.
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A patient person never misses a thing.
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Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases.
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The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it.
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It is not work that kills, but worry.
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Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
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War is not porridge
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