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To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better
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Patience puts a crown on the head.
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Poverty is slavery.
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The impotent man does not eat spicy foods.
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She is beautiful; she has love, understands; she respects herself and others; everyone likes, loves and honors her; she is a goddess.
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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One must talk little and listen much. 
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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Fine words do not produce food.
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Roosters’ tail feathers: pretty but always behind.
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