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  • The palest ink is better than the best memory.
  • Paper can't wrap up a fire.
  • Pick up a sesame seed but lose sight of a watermelon.
  • Play a harp before a cow.
  • Regular feet can't be affected by irregular shoes.
  • Reshape one's foot to try to fit into a new shoe.
  • The saving man becomes the free man.
  • Shed no tears until seeing the coffin.
  • A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.
  • A sly rabbit will have three openings to its den.
  • A smile will gain you ten more years of life.
  • Some prefer carrot while others like cabbage.
  • Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little.
  • Steal a bell with one's ears covered.

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