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By crawling a child learns to stand
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Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor.
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You should know what’s being cooked in the kitchen otherwise you might eat a forbidden food.
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What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.
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A feeble effort will not fulfill the self.
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Food you will not eat you do not boil.
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Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone.
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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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There is no fool who is disowned by his family.
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When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield.
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