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Every woman is beautiful until she speaks.
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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.
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Return to old watering holes for more than water; friends and dreams are there to meet you.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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A small house will hold a hundred friends.
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The hyena with a cub does not consume all the available food.
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A stream cannot rise above its source.
African Proverbs

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.
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