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“Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet”. The person, who doesn't think about danger, is silly. He doesn't even guess that having stepped with two feet in water, he may not find a bottom.
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Patience can cook a stone.
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Where there is love there is no darkness.
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If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.
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The goat says: “Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.”
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It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir.
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No partridge scratches the ground in search of food for another
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Eat when the food is ready; speak when the time is right
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By crawling a child learns to stand.
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