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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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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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If you give bad food to your stomach, it drums for you to dance.
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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You cannot work for food when there is no food for work.
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To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better
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To get lost is to learn the way.
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To try and to fail is not laziness
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Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
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