It is easier to fill twenty bellies than one pair of eyes.
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Having a good wife and rich cabbage soup, seek not other things.
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Do not make jokes that cost more than a ruble.
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If a poor man finds a penny, it is probably a false one.
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The man is the flame, the woman the glow.
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Truth does not need many words.
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