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One cannot count on riches.
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars.
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If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve them with war.
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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
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However little food we have, we’ll share it even if it’s only one locust.
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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The forest not only hides man’s enemies but its full of man’s medicine, healing power and food.
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Words are sweet, but they never take the place of food.
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One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
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