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The goat says: “Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.”
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
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He who loves money must labor.
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Love has to be shown by deeds not words.
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When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat.
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You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
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With wealth one wins a woman.
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One spoon of soup in need has more value than a pot of soup when we have an abundance of food.
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A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has it's place.
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