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The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth.
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Why they like an ugly person takes long for a beautiful person to know.
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If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
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You should not hoard your money and die of hunger.
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Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
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If I am in harmony with my family, that’s success.
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Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat.
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For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
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When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.
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When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him.
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