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Money is not the medicine against death.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you.
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A patient person never misses a thing.
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If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.
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A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner.
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The forest provides food to the hunter after he is utterly exhausted.
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For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
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There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast.
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
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At the bottom of patience one finds heaven.
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