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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.
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Don't set sail on someone else's star.
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By labor comes wealth. 
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
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Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with gravel in his mouth.
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The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth.
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