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Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper.
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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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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
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There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.
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The impotent man does not eat spicy foods.
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A single bracelet does not jingle.
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There is no fool who is disowned by his family.
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If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars.
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Traveling is learning.
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