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By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you
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Seeing is different than being told.
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Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
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One cannot count on riches.
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If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
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You should know what’s being cooked in the kitchen otherwise you might eat a forbidden food.
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If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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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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They ate our food, and forgot our names.
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