The base of a lighthouse is dark.
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We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.Japanese
He who would go a hundred miles should consider ninety-nine as halfway.
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The shade of the same tree, the flowing of the same stream.
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For rice cakes, go to the rice-cake maker.
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Too many boatmen will run the boat up to the top of the mountains.
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If you respect others, others will respect you.
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