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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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Do not follow a person who is running away
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He who learns, teaches.
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If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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If you run after two hares you will catch neither
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The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth.
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A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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The poor man and the rich man do not play together.
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