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Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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Hold a true friend with both hands.
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor.
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A patient man will eat ripe fruit
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Nature gave us two cheeks instead of one to make it easier to eat hot food.
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woman who pursues a man for sex loses her spiritual beauty.
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield.
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When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield.
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