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You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you
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A spider’s cobweb isn’t only its sleeping spring but also its food trap.
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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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There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast.
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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Do not forget what is to be a sailor because of being a captain yourself
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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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There are many colorful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns.
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A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow.
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