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Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
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When you follow in the path of your father, you learn to walk like him.
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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 its place.
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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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You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
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Brothers love each other when they are equally rich.
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He who fears the sun will not become chief.
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He who learns, teaches.
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Only a fool tests the depth of the river with both feet.
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A good deed is something one returns.
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