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Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you.
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Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use.
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Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat.
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The surface of the water is beautiful, but it is no good to sleep on.
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A leader who does not take advice is not a leader.
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“Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet”. The person, who doesn't think about danger, is silly. He doesn't even guess that having stepped with two feet in water, he may not find a bottom.
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Rich people cook their food in a potsherd.
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In the moment of crisis, the wise build bridges and the foolish build dams.
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It is not work that kills, but worry.
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Greatness and beauty do not belong to the gods alone.
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