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The goat says: “Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.”
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Rich people cook their food in a potsherd.
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The best of mankind is a farmer; the best food is fruit.
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She is like a road – pretty, but crooked.
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One cannot both feast and become rich.
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A patient man will eat ripe fruit
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Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside.
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By crawling a child learns to stand
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The old woman looks after the child to grow its teeth and the young one in turn looks after the old woman when she loses her teeth.
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One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali.
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