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A small house will hold a hundred friends.
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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If I am in harmony with my family, that’s success.
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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use.
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If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.
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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
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Poverty is slavery.
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You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
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If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve war.
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