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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
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Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.
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What you learn is what you die with
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One spoon of soup in need has more value than a pot of soup when we have an abundance of food.
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If relatives help each other, what evil can hurt them? 
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Wisdom is like fire. People take it from others.
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There can be no peace without understanding.
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Even the best cooking pot will not produce food
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
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