When there are two fires in one room, only one will smoke.
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Virtue is not knowing but doing.Japanese
The head of a monkey, the headdress of a prince.
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A centipede, though dead, will not fall.
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The nail that sticks up will be hammered down.
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The tongue is but three inches long, yet it can kill a man six feet high.
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The lotus flower blooms in the mud.
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