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If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree
― African Proverbs

A large chair does not make a king.
― African Proverbs

A patient man will eat ripe fruit
― African Proverbs

Where there is love there is no darkness.
― African Proverbs

Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living.
― African Proverbs

Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.
― African Proverbs

There is no fool who is disowned by his family.
― African Proverbs

Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use.
― African Proverbs

Even the best cooking pot will not produce food
― African Proverbs

If you run after two hares you will catch neither
― African Proverbs

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