The court official in one life has seven rebirths as a beggar.
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Gold has its price; learning is beyond price.Chinese
There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.
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The maker of laws must be severe; who executes them must be generous.
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Careless rat chewing on a cat's tail: beware lightning!.
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Laws control the lesser man; right conduct controls the greater one.
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To forget one's ancestors is to be a brook without a source, a tree without a root.
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