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A
barber does not shave himself.
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A
chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches.
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A
child's fingers are not scalded by a piece of hot yam which his mother puts into his
palm.
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A
comb becomes bad when it hurts you.
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A
cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does
not.
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A
fool looks for dung where the cow never browsed.
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A
fool may chance to put something into a wise man's head.
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A
proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its
pride.
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A
stranger has big eyes but sees nothing.
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A
stream cannot rise above its source.
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A
weapon which you don't have in your hand won't kill a snake.
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Ashes
fly back into the face of him who throws them.
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Before
shooting, one must aim.
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Confiding
a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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Do
not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
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Don't
set sail on someone else's star.
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For
tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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He
who is being carried does not realize how far the town is.
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He
who is born a fool is never cured.
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He
who learns, teaches.
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He
who talks incessantly, talks nonsense.
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If
a child washes his hands he could eat with kings.
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If
you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.
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If
you don't stand for something, you will fall for something.
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If
you don't work you shan't eat.
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If
you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you
are dry.
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If
you run after two hares you will catch neither.
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If
you're going home, you don't get wet.
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If
you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
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If
your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off your lips.
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It
is not what you are called, but what you answer to.
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It
is not with saying, "Honey," "Honey," that sweetness will come into
the mouth.
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It
is not work that kills, but worry.
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It's
a bad child who does not take advice.
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One
must talk little and listen much.
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Peace
is costly but it is worth the expense.
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Quarrels
end, but words once spoken never die.
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Return
to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you.
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Seeing
is better than hearing.
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Seeing
is different than being told.
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Send
a boy where he wants to go and you see his best pace.
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Smooth
seas do not make skillful sailors.
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The
day the monkey is destined to die, all the trees get slippery.
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The
egg shows the hen where to hatch.
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The
end of an ox is beef, and the end of a lie is grief.
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The
fool speaks, the wise man listens.
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The
fool sucks wisdom, as he porter sups, And cobblers grow fine speakers in their cups.
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The
lion does not turn around when a small dog barks.
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To
try and to fail is not laziness.
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Two
birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off.
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We
start as fools and become wise through experience.
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When
a fool is cursed, he thinks he is being praised.
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When
a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful.
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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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When
elephant steps on a trap, no more trap.
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When
elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.
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When
the big tree falls, the goat eats its leaves.
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When
the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.
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When
there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
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When
two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.
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When
you know who his friend is, you know who he is.
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When
you live next to the cemetery, you cannot weep for everyone.
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Whether
the knife falls on the melon or the melon on the knife, the melon suffers.
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Whoever
tells the truth is chased out of nine villages.
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Whom
a serpent has bitten a lizard alarms.
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Wood
already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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You
can tell ripe corn by its look.
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You
must judge a man by the work of his hands.
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