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If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.
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If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
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What one won’t eat by itself, one will eat when mixed with other food.
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Rich people cook their food in a potsherd.
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With wealth one wins a woman.
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.
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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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A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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