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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you
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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested”. If the person does not fill up his knowledge, he will never be able to apply the one he already knows.
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The cook does not have to be a beautiful woman.
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor.
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Patience puts a crown on the head.
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Where there are many, nothing goes wrong.
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With wealth one wins a woman.
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The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth.
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A healthy person who begs for food is an insult to a generous farmer.
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