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If you have only two pennies left in the world, with the first penny, you should buy rice to feed your family. With the second penny, say the wise Japanese, you should buy a lily. The Japanese understand the importance of dreaming...

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Japanese Proverbs and old sayings about commerce, family, world, contentment.

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