Eating while seated makes one of large size; eating while standing makes one strong.
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Always be well dressed, even when begging.
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The sandal tree perfumes the axe that fells it.
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Do what the mullah says, but don't do what he does.
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A man laughs at others and weeps for himself.
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A house without a woman is the devil's own lodging.
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