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Patience is the key which solves all problems.
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You are beautiful, but learn to work, for you cannot eat your beauty.
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One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom.
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Knowledge is better than riches.
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When your luck deserts you, even cold food burns.
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To love the king is not bad, but a king who loves you is better
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Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.
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There can be no peace without understanding.
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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
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Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases.
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