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A bad cook also has his/her share of the bad food.
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Greed loses what it has gained.
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break.
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The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.
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When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him.
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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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By crawling a child learns to stand
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Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can.
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If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.
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