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The goat says: “Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.”
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Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
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A pretty basket does not prevent worries.
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you
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One must talk little and listen much. 
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The food that is in the mouth is not yet in the belly.
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There are many colorful flowers on the path of life, but the prettiest have the sharpest thorns.
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Rich people cook their food in a potsherd.
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Man is like a pepper, till you have chewed it you do not know how hot it is.
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
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