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Greatness and beauty do not belong to the gods alone.
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
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What you give you get, ten times over
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Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.
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There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast.
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If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve them with war.
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A spider’s cobweb isn’t only its sleeping spring but also its food trap.
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Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.
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Every misfortune is a blessing.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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