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“Only a fool tests the depth of a river with both feet”. The person, who doesn't think about danger, is silly. He doesn't even guess that having stepped with two feet in water, he may not find a bottom.
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If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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Where there are many, nothing goes wrong.
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woman who pursues a man for sex loses her spiritual beauty.
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It’s much easier to fall in love than to stay in love.
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A close friend can become a close enemy.
African Proverbs

You should not hoard your money and die of hunger.
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What one won’t eat by itself, one will eat when mixed with other food.
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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The food that is in the mouth is not yet in the belly.
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