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Wisdom is like fire. People take it from others.
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Roosters’ tail feathers: pretty but always behind.
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War has no eyes
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Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.
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A good deed is something one returns.
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The food that is in the mouth is not yet in the belly.
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He who is being carried does not realize how far the town is.
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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
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He who marries a beauty marries trouble.
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An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
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