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You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win
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The chicken that digs for food will not sleep hungry
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By labor comes wealth. 
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Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
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A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break.
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A stream cannot rise above its source.
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Patience can cook a stone.
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He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.
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Wine, women and food give gladness to the heart.
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