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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
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Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully.
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Seeing is different than being told.
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Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can.
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A friend is someone you share the path with.
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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The surface of the water is beautiful, but it is no good to sleep on.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
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