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Patience puts a crown on the head.
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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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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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She is beautiful; she has love, understands; she respects herself and others; everyone likes, loves and honors her; she is a goddess.
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One thread for the needle, one love for the heart.
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Good music goes with good food.
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Even the mightest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest.
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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
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Show me your friend and I will show you your character
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