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Many hands make light work.
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What you give you get, ten times over
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Wisdom does not come overnight.
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A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.
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Learning expands great souls.
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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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A single bracelet does not jingle.
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Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you
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Hold a true friend with both hands. 
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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested”. If the person does not fill up his knowledge, he will never be able to apply the one he already knows.
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