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By labor comes wealth. 
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You become wise when you begin to run out of money.
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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Sugarcane is sweetest at its joint”. It is difficult to achieve some things, but at the end, a man will enjoy the result.
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The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach.
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The friends of our friends are our friends.
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor.
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A close friend can become a close enemy.
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If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
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