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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it
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Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.
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A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has it's place.
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A patient that can swallow food makes the nurse doubtful.
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Where there is love there is no darkness.
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You cannot tell a hungry child that you gave him food yesterday.
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A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries.
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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach.
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