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The friends of our friends are our friends.
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Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
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A bad cook also has his/her share of the bad food.
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The poor man and the rich man do not play together.
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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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A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries.
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Even the colors of a chameleon are for survival not beauty.
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Slowly, slowly, porridge goes into the gourd.
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He who loves the vase loves also what is inside.
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He who receives a gift does not measure.
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