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The poor man and the rich man do not play together.
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Brothers love each other when they are equally rich.
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He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.
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If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something
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Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald ~ yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones.
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Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.
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The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat.
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk
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You are beautiful because of your possessions.
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Hold a true friend with both hands.
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