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The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine.
― African Proverbs

By labor comes wealth. 
― African Proverbs

There is no beauty but the beauty of action.
― African Proverbs

When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat.
― African Proverbs

He who receives a gift does not measure.
― African Proverbs

If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree
― African Proverbs

The mouth is stupid after eating it forgets who gave it the food.
― African Proverbs

For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today
― African Proverbs

A united family eats from the same plate.
― African Proverbs

He who is destined for power does not have to fight for it.
― African Proverbs

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