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Even the colors of a chameleon are for survival not beauty.
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The forest provides food to the hunter after he is utterly exhausted.
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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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He who marries a beauty marries trouble.
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When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful.
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The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.
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He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it.
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You must act as if it is impossible to fail.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you
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The most beautiful fig may contain a worm.
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