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Hurry, hurry has no blessings.
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No one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another person’s teeth.
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An ugly child of your own is more to you than a beautiful one belonging to your neighbor.
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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested”. If the person does not fill up his knowledge, he will never be able to apply the one he already knows.
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There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.
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For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
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If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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Food you will not eat you do not boil.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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