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A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character.
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The forest provides food to the hunter after he is utterly exhausted.
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Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you
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Fine words do not produce food.
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However long the night, the dawn will break.
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Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.
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Show me your friend and I will show you your character
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Rich people cook their food in a potsherd.
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You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
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To run is not necessarily to arrive.
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