People think that the poor are not as wise as the rich, for if a man be wise, why is he poor?
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A fool looks for dung where the cow never browsed.African
This, too, shall pass.
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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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The success of a man is through the soles of his feet, that of a woman is from her legs.
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Goats cannot live in a herd of leopards.
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A needle cannot hold two threads or a mind two thoughts.
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