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When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it
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Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside.
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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No partridge scratches the ground in search of food for another
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One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali.
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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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Where there is love there is no darkness.
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To run is not necessarily to arrive.
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It is only a stupid cow that rejoices at the prospect of being taken to a beautiful abattoir.
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An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep
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