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Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true.
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With wealth one wins a woman.
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He who eats another mans food will have his own food eaten by others.
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
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The impotent man does not eat spicy foods.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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woman who pursues a man for sex loses her spiritual beauty.
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Rich people cook their food in a potsherd.
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