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Don’t take another mouthful before you have swallowed what is in your mouth.
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What one won’t eat by itself, one will eat when mixed with other food.
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One thread for the needle, one love for the heart.
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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
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Home affairs are not talked about on the public square.
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You must act as if it is impossible to fail.
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Don't set sail on someone else's star.
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One spoon of soup in need has more value than a pot of soup when we have an abundance of food.
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Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat.
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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