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Beautiful words don’t put porridge in the pot.
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It is not work that kills, but worry.
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In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams.
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Where there are experts there will be no lack of learners
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When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers.
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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A patient person never misses a thing.
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You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down.
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What you learn is what you die with
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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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