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If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.
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A single bracelet does not jingle.
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There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.
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Food you will not eat you do not boil.
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Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully
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If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.
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An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
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Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
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Patience puts a crown on the head.
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He who receives a gift does not measure.
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