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Patience puts a crown on the head.
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If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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By trying often, the monkey learns to jump from the tree.
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He who eats another mans food will have his own food eaten by others.
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Unity is strength, division is weakness.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep
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A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner.
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If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is.
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Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald ~ yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones.
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