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Patience puts a crown on the head.
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Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald ~ yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones.
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If I am in harmony with my family, that’s success.
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It’s those ugly caterpillars that turn into beautiful butterflies after seasons.
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No partridge scratches the ground in search of food for another
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Slowly, slowly, porridge goes into the gourd.
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For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
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One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali.
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The grasshopper which is always near its mother eats the best food.
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
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