A statement once let loose cannot be caught by four horses.
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There is no coincidence in getting married.Japanese
A full belly is not the stomach of a scholar.
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When you reject gifts from heaven you will be rewarded in hell.
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There is no such thing as bad food when you are really hungry.
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If you think about things too long, good thoughts will disappear.
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My son is my son till he gets him a wife, but my daughter's my daughter all the days of her life.
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