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One spoon of soup in need has more value than a pot of soup when we have an abundance of food.
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What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.
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Don't set sail using someone else's star.
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Slowly, slowly, porridge goes into the gourd.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you
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Love is a despot who spares no one.
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One thread for the needle, one love for the heart.
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Dress up a stick and it’ll be a beautiful bride.
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.
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