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A healthy person who begs for food is an insult to a generous farmer.
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A spider’s cobweb isn’t only its sleeping spring but also its food trap.
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Without a leader, black ants are confused.
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Beauty is not sold and eaten
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Children are the reward of life.
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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He who eats another mans food will have his own food eaten by others.
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The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it.
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Three things cause sorrow to flee; water, green trees, and a beautiful face.
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He who loves money must labor.
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