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For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
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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 look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food.
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A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner.
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Patience is the key which solves all problems.
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Rich people sometimes eat bad food.
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The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth.
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A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not
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As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it.
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