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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win
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One must talk little and listen much. 
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Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you.
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A united family eats from the same plate.
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A stream cannot rise above its source.
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The one who loves an unsightly person is the one who makes him beautiful.
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When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful.
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Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
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Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases.
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