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Show me your friend and I will show you your character.
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The forest provides food to the hunter after he is utterly exhausted.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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What one won’t eat by itself, one will eat when mixed with other food.
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
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What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.
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To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better
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He who receives a gift does not measure.
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He who loves the vase loves also what is inside.
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Bad friends will prevent you from having good friends.
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