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I am whole but incomplete. I have no eyes, yet I see. My largest part is one fourth of what I once was. What am I?
I am good at concealing what's real and hide what's true. Sometimes I bring out the courage in you!
You throw away my outside, you cook my inside. Then you eat my outside and you throw away my inside. What am I?
Whoever made me don't want me. Whoever bought me don't need me. Whoever use me don't know me.
Late afternoons I often bathe. I'll soak in water piping hot. My essence goes through. My see through clothes. Used up am I - I've gone to pot.
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