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Roosters’ tail feathers: pretty but always behind.
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Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
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A spider’s cobweb isn’t only its sleeping spring but also its food trap.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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Hold a true friend with both hands.
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Knowledge is better than riches.
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Three things cause sorrow to flee; water, green trees, and a beautiful face.
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As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it.
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War has no eyes
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There can be no peace without understanding.
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