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Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.
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When God cooks, you don't see smoke.
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He who fears the sun will not become chief.
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Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
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War has no eyes
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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It is no shame at all to work for money.
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The surface of the water is beautiful, but it is no good to sleep on.
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Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living.
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He who learns, teaches.
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