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They ate our food, and forgot our names.
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There are many colorful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns.
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Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.
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A spider’s cobweb isn’t only its sleeping spring but also its food trap.
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Fine words do not produce food.
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He who does not know one thing knows another.
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The man who counts the bits of food he swallows is never satisfied
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A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.
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In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams.
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A pretty basket does not prevent worries.
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