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Beautiful from behind, ugly in front.
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The friends of our friends are our friends.
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What you give you get, ten times over
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Food you will not eat you do not boil.
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Where there is love there is no darkness.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you
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A chattering bird builds no nest.
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Repetition is the mother of knowledge.
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Patience can cook a stone.
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No one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another person’s teeth.
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