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However long the night may last, there will be a morning.
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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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A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has it's place.
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The cook does not have to be a beautiful woman.
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The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit.
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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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An ugly child of your own is more to you than a beautiful one belonging to your neighbor.
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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He who learns, teaches.
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Instruction in youth is like engraving in stone.
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