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The goat says: “Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.”
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By crawling a child learns to stand
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Love is a despot who spares no one.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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One cannot count on riches.
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By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.
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It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir.
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You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
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Why they like an ugly person takes long for a beautiful person to know.
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There is no fool who is disowned by his family.
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