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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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If you offend, ask for a pardon; if offended forgive.
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Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
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Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you
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If you are looking for a fly in your food it means that you are full.
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Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
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Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far.
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You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win
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He who learns, teaches.
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