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Greed loses what it has gained.
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Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
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A stream cannot rise above its source.
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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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Repetition is the mother of knowledge.
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He who does not know one thing knows another.
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Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you
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If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
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The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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