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“If you offend, ask for a pardon; if offended, forgive”. Forgive the one, who is guilty to you. Apologize if you made a mistake.
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast.
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If I am in harmony with my family, that’s success.
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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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Coffee and love taste best when hot.
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The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.
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A patient man will eat ripe fruit
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Many hands make light work.
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Don't set sail using someone else's star.
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