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A patient man will eat ripe fruit
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A real family eats the same cornmeal.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you
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You cannot work for food when there is no food for work.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him.
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Seeing is different than being told.
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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
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One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom.
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