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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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The skin of the leopard is beautiful, but not his heart.
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He who learns, teaches.
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By crawling a child learns to stand
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A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.
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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
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When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.
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