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One shares food not words.
― African Proverbs

A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
― African Proverbs

Don't set sail on someone else's star.
― African Proverbs

By crawling a child learns to stand.
― African Proverbs

“Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet”. The person, who doesn't think about danger, is silly. He doesn't even guess that having stepped with two feet in water, he may not find a bottom.
― African Proverbs

Milk and honey have different colors, but they share the same house peacefully.
― African Proverbs

Having beauty doesn’t mean understanding the perseverance of marriage.
― African Proverbs

If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something
― African Proverbs

Greed loses what it has gained.
― African Proverbs

Dress up a stick and it’ll be a beautiful bride.
― African Proverbs

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