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A small house will hold a hundred friends.
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Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living.
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No one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another person’s teeth.
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When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat.
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Where a woman rules, streams run uphill.
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If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars.
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it
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Do not follow a person who is running away
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Unity is strength, division is weakness.
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A man’s wealth may be superior to him.
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