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Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food.
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Rich people sometimes eat bad food.
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Do not forget what is to be a sailor because of being a captain yourself
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As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it.
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He who fears the sun will not become chief.
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Greed loses what it has gained.
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Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
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If you are ugly you must either learn to dance or make love.
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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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You are beautiful because of your possessions.
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