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A woman’s polite devotion is her greatest beauty.
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Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases.
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Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.
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There is no medicine to cure hatred.
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
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There can be no peace without understanding.
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
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The forest not only hides man’s enemies but its full of man’s medicine, healing power and food.
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You cannot tell a hungry child that you gave him food yesterday.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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