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The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit.
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An ugly child of your own is more to you than a beautiful one belonging to your neighbor.
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To try and to fail is not laziness
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Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem.
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Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.
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When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.
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Sugarcane is sweetest at its joint”. It is difficult to achieve some things, but at the end, a man will enjoy the result.
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The man who counts the bits of food he swallows is never satisfied
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Greatness and beauty do not belong to the gods alone.
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If you run after two hares you will catch neither
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