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You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win
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Those who are at one regarding food are at one in life.
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Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food.
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The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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Home affairs are not talked about on the public square.
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If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars.
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The hyena with a cub does not consume all the available food.
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Many hands make light work.
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Even the colors of a chameleon are for survival not beauty.
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