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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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He who fears the sun will not become chief.
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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Wisdom is like fire. People take it from others.
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Advice is a stranger; if he’s welcome he stays for the night; if not, he leaves the same day.
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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When the food is cooked there is no need to wait before eating it.
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It takes a village to raise a child.
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Love has to be shown by deeds not words.
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Love has to be shown by deeds not words.
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