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Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can.
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Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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At the bottom of patience one finds heaven.
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Eat when the food is ready; speak when the time is right
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The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth.
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Love has to be shown by deeds not words.
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You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield.
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