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To run is not necessarily to arrive.
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It is not what you are called, but what you answer to
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors
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If you find “Miss This Year” beautiful, then you’ll find “Miss Next Year” even more so.
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Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.
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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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Greatness and beauty do not belong to the gods alone.
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A small house will hold a hundred friends.
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