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A large chair does not make a king.
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One thread for the needle, one love for the heart.
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Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.
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The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.
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The beauty of a woman becomes useless if there is no one to admire it.
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The hyena with a cub does not consume all the available food.
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It takes a village to raise a child.
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Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you
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Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
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They ate our food, and forgot our names.
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