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Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you.
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“Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet”. The person, who doesn't think about danger, is silly. He doesn't even guess that having stepped with two feet in water, he may not find a bottom.
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Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.
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Greed loses what it has gained.
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A single bracelet does not jingle.
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A small house will hold a hundred friends.
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A dog knows the places he is thrown food
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Much wealth brings many enemies.
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You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win
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Hurry, hurry has no blessings.
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