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Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.
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Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside.
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He who doesn’t clean his mouth before breakfast always complains that the food is sour.
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Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases.
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Fine words do not produce food.
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Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully
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If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve them with war.
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Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
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To run is not necessarily to arrive.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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