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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you
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Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.
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What one won’t eat by itself, one will eat when mixed with other food.
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There can be no peace without understanding.
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There is no one who became rich because he broke a holiday, no one became fat because he broke a fast.
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By labor comes wealth. 
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A patient man will eat ripe fruit
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The mouth is stupid after eating it forgets who gave it the food.
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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