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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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Rich people sometimes eat bad food.
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A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.
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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far.
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Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald ~ yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones.
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You are beautiful because of your possessions.
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If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents
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One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali.
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It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.
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