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

Meaning: One thing follows another

It is not by staring hard that one sees the road

Meaning: Action is needed to make progress

Rat, do not chew the doctor's bag on purpose, and doctor, do not starve the rat on purpose

Meaning: Do not intentionally aggravate, provoke, or stir up problems

A wise man in Aba is a fool in Abba

Meaning: Be wary of strangers that pretend to be experts

Good salt returns from the market.

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

One who serves benefits by the service

Meaning: By doing good works, we can gain from the experience

A planned war does not affect a lame person [he has time to escape]

Meaning: A lame person has time to escape; Seeing a problem lets give you time to react

A soft word causes anger to turn back

Meaning: Calmness can quench a heated situation

Obedience is better than making sacrifices to the gods

Meaning: It seems to mean that to obey and maintain discipline is better than prayer

One who borrows a cloth does not dance proudly

Meaning: It is best to have your own things

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

Meaning: Things follow their natural tendencies

Bad deeds affect the doer, good deeds affect the doer

Meaning: We are affected by the evils we do