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Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with gravel in his mouth.
― African Proverbs
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If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is.
― African Proverbs
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“Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet”. The person, who doesn't think about danger, is silly. He doesn't even guess that having stepped with two feet in water, he may not find a bottom.
― African Proverbs
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The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine.
― African Proverbs
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A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has it's place.
― African Proverbs
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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you.
― African Proverbs
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One cannot both feast and become rich.
― African Proverbs
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Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.
― African Proverbs
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Hurry, hurry has no blessings.
― African Proverbs
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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