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They ate our food, and forgot our names.
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A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.
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Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living.
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Those who are at one regarding food are at one in life.
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Where there is love there is no darkness.
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Every misfortune is a blessing.
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You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
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Many hands make light work.
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Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
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It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir.
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