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One who invites a child to play causes him to look down on him

Meaning: Acting childish may cause others to treat you like a child

The chicken says that as one scratches, one eats

Meaning: You must work for your meals

If the hill learns to break one's waist, the old woman learns to pause in her travels

Meaning: One thing follows another

Good salt returns from the market.

Meaning: A good and valuable thing will be sought after without additional effort

What the hawk gives birth to will not fail to carry chickens

Meaning: Things follow their natural tendencies

If the rat outruns the child, the child will say that the rat eats feces

Meaning: A loser tends to insult their opponent

Short hands keep the tortoise from catching the rabbit

Meaning: Not being strong enough prevents us from our goals

The toad does not run in the afternoon in vain

Meaning: Since toads are active at night, something important must be happening.

It is through demonstration that one knows the wrestler

Meaning: Actions prove more than words can

If one kills a goat, one finds out who owns him

Meaning: When something valuable is missing, people come searching

The works that we do are the things by which we are remembered

Meaning: We are remembered better if we do good things.

The dog eats dung and the goat's teeth rot

Meaning: Understand the natural way of things