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The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach.
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If your cornfield is far from your house, the birds will eat your corn.
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Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
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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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Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
African Proverbs

The poor man and the rich man do not play together.
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
African Proverbs

He who is being carried does not realize how far the town is.
African Proverbs

Even the colors of a chameleon are for survival not beauty.
African Proverbs

You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win
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