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He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.
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woman who pursues a man for sex loses her spiritual beauty.
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When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it
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A single bracelet does not jingle.
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It is not what you are called, but what you answer to
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As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it.
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Roosters’ tail feathers: pretty but always behind.
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A woman’s polite devotion is her greatest beauty.
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It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.
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You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
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