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If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
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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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Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem.
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He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it.
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Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
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Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.
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Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can.
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A single bracelet does not jingle.
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