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Lack of knowledge is darker than night.
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If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents
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Unity is strength, division is weakness.
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Don’t take another mouthful before you have swallowed what is in your mouth.
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One who eats alone cannot discuss the taste of the food with others.
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By labor comes wealth. 
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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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Brothers love each other when they are equally rich.
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Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use.
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The forest not only hides man’s enemies but its full of man’s medicine, healing power and food.
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