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Wine, women and food give gladness to the heart.
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You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down.
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By crawling a child learns to stand.
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Beautiful words don’t put porridge in the pot.
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Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
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“Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet”. The person, who doesn't think about danger, is silly. He doesn't even guess that having stepped with two feet in water, he may not find a bottom.
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If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars.
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One cannot both feast and become rich.
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Learning expands great souls.
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Home affairs are not talked about on the public square.
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