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Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
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Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far.
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Rich people cook their food in a potsherd.
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One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali.
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You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla.
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If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree
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Money can’t talk, yet it can make lies look true.
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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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What one won’t eat by itself, one will eat when mixed with other food.
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