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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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If you are looking for a fly in your food it means that you are full.
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Money is not the medicine against death.
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It takes a village to raise a child.
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To get lost is to learn the way.
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For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
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Where there is love there is no darkness.
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Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.
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By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.
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Only a fool tests the depth of the river with both feet.
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