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Show me your friend and I will show you your character.
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Don't set sail on someone else's star.
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A bad cook also has his/her share of the bad food.
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
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If you give bad food to your stomach, it drums for you to dance.
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Even the mightest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest.
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To run is not necessarily to arrive.
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There can be no peace without understanding.
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To try and to fail is not laziness
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