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If I could see your face, I would not need food.
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A close friend can become a close enemy.
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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You become wise when you begin to run out of money.
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What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.
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One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali.
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There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.
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With wealth one wins a woman.
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However long the night, the dawn will break.
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