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If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree
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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases.
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It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir.
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The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it.
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If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve them with war.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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You are beautiful because of your possessions.
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