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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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Do not forget what is to be a sailor because of being a captain yourself
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If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is.
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An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep
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The rich are always complaining.
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor.
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A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has it's place.
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When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers.
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Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living.
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