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If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them? 
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To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better
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You cannot work for food when there is no food for work.
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He who marries a beauty marries trouble.
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Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living.
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Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
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Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you.
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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
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Where there is love there is no darkness.
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