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When a trap is set for fish it sometimes happens that a frog blunders into it. A mantis stalks a cicada, only to fall prey to the unseen finch following it.
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A person who engages in self-reflection turns everything he comes into contact with into a good tonic which keeps him alert.
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A man should beware of reaching too high a position, for he might bring danger upon himself.
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If there is beauty there must be ugliness. If I do not boast of my beauty, how can anyone call me ugly?
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A life of hardship, frustration and penury is a furnace and anvil upon which outstanding men are shaped.