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Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true.
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It is not what you are called, but what you answer to
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However little food we have, we’ll share it even if it’s only one locust.
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Patience can cook a stone.
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One cannot count on riches.
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Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can.
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Wisdom does not come overnight.
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Wisdom is like fire. People take it from others.
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Rich people sometimes eat bad food.
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The forest provides food to the hunter after he is utterly exhausted.
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