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When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers.
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Food you will not eat you do not boil.
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One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom.
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He who eats another mans food will have his own food eaten by others.
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A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.
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Many hands make light work.
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars.
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Do not forget what is to be a sailor because of being a captain yourself
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A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has it's place.
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