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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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Children are the reward of life.
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A spider’s cobweb isn’t only its sleeping spring but also its food trap.
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Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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woman who pursues a man for sex loses her spiritual beauty.
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For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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You become wise when you begin to run out of money.
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