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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors
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Don't set sail on someone else's star.
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Good words are food, bad words poison.
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The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth.
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It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.
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A dog knows the places he is thrown food
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What you learn is what you die with
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One must talk little and listen much. 
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There is no medicine to cure hatred.
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk
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