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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
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Where there are experts there will be no lack of learners
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If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.
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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it.
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By labor comes wealth. 
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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Coffee and love taste best when hot.
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
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Three things cause sorrow to flee; water, green trees, and a beautiful face.
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