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Greed loses what it has gained.
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It’s those ugly caterpillars that turn into beautiful butterflies after seasons.
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There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.
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To run is not necessarily to arrive.
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By crawling a child learns to stand.
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Do not forget what is to be a sailor because of being a captain yourself
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Coffee and love taste best when hot.
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A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not
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If you find “Miss This Year” beautiful, then you’ll find “Miss Next Year” even more so.
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If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree
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