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“Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet”. The person, who doesn't think about danger, is silly. He doesn't even guess that having stepped with two feet in water, he may not find a bottom.
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Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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He who learns, teaches.
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If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
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To run is not necessarily to arrive.
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The forest not only hides man’s enemies but its full of man’s medicine, healing power and food.
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Don’t take another mouthful before you have swallowed what is in your mouth.
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Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
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He who receives a gift does not measure.
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