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One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali.
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Coffee and love taste best when hot.
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The man who has bread to eat does not appreciate the severity of a famine.
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Things are to be tried, an old lady cooked stones and they produced soup.
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Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to you
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Patience puts a crown on the head.
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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Learning expands great souls.
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One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
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A real family eats the same cornmeal.
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