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If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve war.
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Where there is love there is no darkness.
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You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
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If I am in harmony with my family, that’s success.
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If you offend, ask for a pardon; if offended forgive.
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Nobody is born wise.
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One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you.
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
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