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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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They ate our food, and forgot our names.
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A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.
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A ripe melon falls by itself.
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Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food.
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A bad cook also has his/her share of the bad food.
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Home affairs are not talked about on the public square.
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Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use.
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There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
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Poverty is slavery.
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