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A friend is someone you share the path with.
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When a once-beautiful piece of cloth has turned into rags, no one remembers that it was woven by Ukwa master weavers.
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
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Hurry, hurry has no blessings.
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If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
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A fight between grasshoppers is a joy to the crow.
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An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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The food that is in the mouth is not yet in the belly.
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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