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A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not
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To try and to fail is not laziness
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Make some money but don’t let money make you.
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If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
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Hold a true friend with both hands.
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
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A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character.
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Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper
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Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases.
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