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Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.
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Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.
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He who marries a beauty marries trouble.
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However little food we have, we’ll share it even if it’s only one locust.
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If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
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The rich are always complaining.
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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 it's place.
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Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat.
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If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love.
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Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
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