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The grasshopper which is always near its mother eats the best food.
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Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.
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The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth.
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Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living.
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If you watch your pot, your food will not burn.
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If you give bad food to your stomach, it drums for you to dance.
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You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down.
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The friends of our friends are our friends.
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If you offend, ask for a pardon; if offended forgive.
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When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him.
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