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If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
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To try and to fail is not laziness
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Because he lost his reputation, he lost a kingdom.
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The hyena with a cub does not consume all the available food.
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What you learn is what you die with
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Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.
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Man is like a pepper, till you have chewed it you do not know how hot it is.
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He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it.
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Patience puts a crown on the head.
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Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living.
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