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Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases.
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Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can.
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Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.
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Sugarcane is sweetest at its joint”. It is difficult to achieve some things, but at the end, a man will enjoy the result.
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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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The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water.
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A tree is straightened while it is still young.
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One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
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If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them? 
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The friends of our friends are our friends.
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