One piece of green wood is enough to stop the others from burning.
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He who tries to shake a tree stump shakes only himself.African
If rain beats the teeth, the lips get the blame.
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Don't look into the eyes of your lover, or you will see what he has told many women before.
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Anything with a beginning also has an end.
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If stretching were wealth, the cat would be rich.
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Men fall only in order to rise.
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