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Unity is strength, division is weakness.
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A patient man will eat ripe fruit
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Hold a true friend with both hands.
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By labor comes wealth. 
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One shares food not words.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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Patience puts a crown on the head.
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The mouth is stupid after eating it forgets who gave it the food.
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Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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