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Where there is love there is no darkness.
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When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him.
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When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it
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A feeble effort will not fulfill the self.
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Good words are food, bad words poison.
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Wisdom does not come overnight.
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A good deed is something one returns.
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Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food.
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It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.
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If I could see your face, I would not need food.
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