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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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Good words are food, bad words poison.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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What you give you get, ten times over
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The friends of our friends are our friends.
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A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not
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Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends.
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The surface of the water is beautiful, but it is no good to sleep on.
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One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
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The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine.
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