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The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach.
― African Proverbs

Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it
― African Proverbs

Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
― African Proverbs

A patient man will eat ripe fruit
― African Proverbs

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

He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
― African Proverbs

There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.
― African Proverbs

Why they like an ugly person takes long for a beautiful person to know.
― African Proverbs

Only a fool tests the depth of the river with both feet.
― African Proverbs

Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you
― African Proverbs

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