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If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents
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Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside.
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Three things cause sorrow to flee; water, green trees, and a beautiful face.
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There is no medicine to cure hatred.
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It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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By labor comes wealth. 
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Youth is beauty, even in cattle.
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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