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However long the night, the dawn will break.
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She is beautiful; she has love, understands; she respects herself and others; everyone likes, loves and honors her; she is a goddess.
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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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The grasshopper which is always near its mother eats the best food.
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Knowledge is better than riches.
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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The impotent man does not eat spicy foods.
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The hyena with a cub does not consume all the available food.
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They ate our food, and forgot our names.
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Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true.
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