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If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars.
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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested”. If the person does not fill up his knowledge, he will never be able to apply the one he already knows.
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What you give you get, ten times over
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A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.
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The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach.
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You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
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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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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning.
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A close friend can become a close enemy.
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