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Roosters’ tail feathers: pretty but always behind.
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Good words are food, bad words poison.
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It takes a village to raise a child.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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Don't set sail on someone else's star.
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He who loves money must labor.
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Where there are many, nothing goes wrong.
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Those who are at one regarding food are at one in life.
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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