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By crawling a child learns to stand.
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve war.
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A feeble effort will not fulfill the self.
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Money is sharper than the sword.
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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
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If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is.
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
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The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth.
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A small house will hold a hundred friends.
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