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They ate our food, and forgot our names.
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One shares food not words.
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He who earns calamity, eats it with his family.
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors
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A large chair does not make a king.
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.
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Those who are at one regarding food are at one in life.
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Don't set sail using someone else's star.
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