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The goat says: “Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.”
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Hold a true friend with both hands. 
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An abundance of food at your neighbour’s will not satisfy your hunger.
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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Beauty is not sold and eaten
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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She is like a road – pretty, but crooked.
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By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.
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One must talk little and listen much. 
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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested”. If the person does not fill up his knowledge, he will never be able to apply the one he already knows.
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