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With wealth one wins a woman.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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“Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet”. The person, who doesn't think about danger, is silly. He doesn't even guess that having stepped with two feet in water, he may not find a bottom.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
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A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has its place.
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If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
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A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries.
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When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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