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A beautiful one hurts the heart.
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It’s much easier to fall in love than to stay in love.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you.
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Don’t take another mouthful before you have swallowed what is in your mouth.
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When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful.
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One must talk little and listen much. 
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Greed loses what it has gained.
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Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.
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The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth.
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Even the mightest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest.
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