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You are beautiful because of your possessions.
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Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone.
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Man is like a pepper, till you have chewed it you do not know how hot it is.
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If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.
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It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir.
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Beauty is not sold and eaten
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As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it.
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Patience is the mother of a beautiful child
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The cook does not have to be a beautiful woman.
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
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