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Hold a true friend with both hands.
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Hurry, hurry has no blessings.
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A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break.
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Make some money but don’t let money make you.
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One shares food not words.
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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A man who pays respect to the great paves his own way for greatness. 
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Lack of knowledge is darker than night.
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Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases.
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A wise person will always find a way.
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