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A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal,
but the cut of the tongue does not.
African Proverb
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If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.
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Don't set sail on someone else's star.
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There are no shortcuts to the top of the palm tree.
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When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well,
but few will be ready to go down after it.
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For tomorrow belongs to the people who
prepare for it today.
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Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
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Being happy is better than being king.
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To try and to fail is not laziness.
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If you offend, ask for a pardon; if offended forgive.
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A person with too much ambition cannot sleep in peace.
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Even the best
dancer on the stage must retire sometime.
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A good deed is something one returns.
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Those who accomplish great things pay attention to little ones.
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Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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The laughter of a child lights up the house.
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
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He who learns, teaches.
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Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.
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He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
African Proverb
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Seeing is different than being told.
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Rising early makes the road short.
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By crawling a child learns to stand.
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Hope does not disappoint.
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If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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There is no medicine to cure hatred.
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A quarrelsome chief does not hold a village together.
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If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
African Proverb
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You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
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When I think of the others's misfortunes, I forget mine.
African Proverb
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If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
African Proverb
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A stream cannot rise above its source.
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No matter how beautiful and well crafted a coffin might look,
it will not make anyone wish for death.
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Every misfortune is a blessing.
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Love is like a baby: it needs to be treated tenderly.
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A ripe melon falls by itself.
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A man who pays respect to the great paves his own way for greatness.
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Children are the reward of life.
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Lack of knowledge is darker than night.
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Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
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Repetition is the mother of knowledge.
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Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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One must talk little and listen much.
African Proverb
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However long the night may last, there will be a morning.
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By labor comes wealth.
African Proverb
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Having a good discussion is like having riches.
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Ingratitude is sooner or later fatal to its author.
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When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
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If you damage the character of another, you damage your own.
African Proverb
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Rain does not fall on one roof alone.
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A friend is someone you share the path with.
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A tree is straightened while it is still young.
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One who relates with a corrupt person likewise gets corrupted.
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
African Proverb
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The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.
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He who does not know one thing knows another.
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One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
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Every fame has a foundation.
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A feeble effort will not fulfill the self.
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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