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If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.
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The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat.
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One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
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Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.
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When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers.
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The forest provides food to the hunter after he is utterly exhausted.
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To get lost is to learn the way.
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Rain does not fall on one roof alone.
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Why they like an ugly person takes long for a beautiful person to know.
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Dress up a stick and it’ll be a beautiful bride.
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