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Marriage is like a groundnut; you have to crack it to see what is inside.
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A friend is someone you share the path with.
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Cooked food is not sold for goats.
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Show me your friend and I will show you your character.
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The chicken that digs for food will not sleep hungry
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Eat when the food is ready; speak when the time is right
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By crawling a child learns to stand
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Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper.
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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Beautiful from behind, ugly in front.
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