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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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Greed loses what it has gained.
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By crawling a child learns to stand.
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A housewife who complains that there is not enough foodstuff in the market should remember that if her husband adds to what is already available, there would be more for everyone.
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A beautiful thing is never perfect.
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The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but not his heart.
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The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.
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He who receives a gift does not measure.
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To run is not necessarily to arrive.
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You should know what’s being cooked in the kitchen otherwise you might eat a forbidden food.
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