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When there is peace in the country, the chief does not carry a shield.
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If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.
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If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve war.
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There can be no peace without understanding.
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Love never gets lost it’s only kept.
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Cooked food is not sold for goats.
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One who eats alone cannot discuss the taste of the food with others.
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Two ants do not fail to pull one grasshopper
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
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One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali.
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