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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor.
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Having a good discussion is like having riches
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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Rich people sometimes eat bad food.
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If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
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The cook does not have to be a beautiful woman.
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
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Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
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