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A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character.
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Wisdom is wealth
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A single bracelet does not jingle.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.
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Youth is beauty, even in cattle.
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If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is.
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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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She is like a road – pretty, but crooked.
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He who marries a beauty marries trouble.
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