Be like a camel — carrying sweets but dining on thorns.
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Help thy brother's boat across, and lo! thine own has reached the shore.
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He who does not climb, will not fall either.
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Weeping washes the face.
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An adder with its poisonous fangs taken out is nothing more than a piece of rope.
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Better to have a diamond with a few small flaws than a rock that is perfect.
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