Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names.
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Sorrow is the seed of wealth.
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If the bird hadn't sung, it wouldn't have been shot.
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One cannot scoop up the ocean with a sea shell.
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A single arrow is easily broken; a quiver of ten is not.
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