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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you.
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The mouth is stupid after eating it forgets who gave it the food.
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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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He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.
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Greatness and beauty do not belong to the gods alone.
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Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.
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However little food we have, we’ll share it even if it’s only one locust.
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A patient person never misses a thing.
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Wisdom is wealth
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Coffee and love taste best when hot.
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