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One shares food not words.
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Patience is the key which solves all problems.
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The most beautiful fig may contain a worm.
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It’s much easier to fall in love than to stay in love.
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
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When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it
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Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food.
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A feeble effort will not fulfill the self.
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Things are to be tried, an old lady cooked stones and they produced soup.
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