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Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully.
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Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.
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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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A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has it's place.
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Don't set sail using someone else's star.
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The cook does not have to be a beautiful woman.
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Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
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Where there are many, nothing goes wrong.
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