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The most beautiful fig may contain a worm.
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By crawling a child learns to stand
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One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
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A united family eats from the same plate.
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A wise person will always find a way.
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Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you
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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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To try and to fail is not laziness
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Beautiful words don’t put porridge in the pot.
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