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There is no fool who is disowned by his family.
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Greatness and beauty do not belong to the gods alone.
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A good deed is something one returns.
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Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.
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If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.
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Where there are experts there will be no lack of learners
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Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food.
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Sugarcane is sweetest at its joint”. It is difficult to achieve some things, but at the end, a man will enjoy the result.
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Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside.
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A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has its place.
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