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If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them? 
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You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down.
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You should know what’s being cooked in the kitchen otherwise you might eat a forbidden food.
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Roosters’ tail feathers: pretty but always behind.
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A man who pays respect to the great paves his own way for greatness. 
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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 single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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The forest not only hides man’s enemies but its full of man’s medicine, healing power and food.
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Coffee and love taste best when hot.
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There can be no peace without understanding.
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