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A man’s wealth may be superior to him.
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The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth.
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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Things are to be tried, an old lady cooked stones and they produced soup.
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No partridge scratches the ground in search of food for another
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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By crawling a child learns to stand
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If I could see your face, I would not need food.
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One cannot both feast and become rich.
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If there is character, ugliness becomes beauty; if there is none, beauty becomes ugliness.
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