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Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
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The cook does not have to be a beautiful woman.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.
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If I am in harmony with my family, that’s success.
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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A friend is someone you share the path with.
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Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far.
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A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break.
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