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Learning expands great souls.
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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Never marry a woman who has bigger feet than you.
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
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You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
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You learn how to cut down trees by cutting them down.
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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A good deed is something one returns.
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
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