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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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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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If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
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Food you will not eat you do not boil.
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Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
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He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you.
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A beautiful thing is never perfect.
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