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If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
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A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow.
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If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them? 
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Where there are experts there will be no lack of learners
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
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Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper.
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A real family eats the same cornmeal.
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He who loves the vase loves also what is inside.
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As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it.
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Poverty is slavery.
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