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You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win
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When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
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There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
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Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true.
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you.
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If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents
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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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It’s those ugly caterpillars that turn into beautiful butterflies after seasons.
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