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The friends of our friends are our friends.
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Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.
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If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something
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One thread for the needle, one love for the heart.
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If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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War is not porridge
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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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However long the night may last, there will be a morning.
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You become wise when you begin to run out of money.
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