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If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
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A stream cannot rise above its source.
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Love is a despot who spares no one.
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Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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Wine, women and food give gladness to the heart.
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By crawling a child learns to stand
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If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.
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