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He who learns, teaches.
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If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
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A friend is someone you share the path with.
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Beautiful discourse is rarer than emerald ~ yet it can be found among the servant girls at the grindstones.
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A patient person never misses a thing.
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A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not
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By crawling a child learns to stand
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
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When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it
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If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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