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One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
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She is beautiful; she has love, understands; she respects herself and others; everyone likes, loves and honors her; she is a goddess.
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Peace does not make a good ruler.
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When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.
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One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali.
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The wise create proverbs for fools to learn, not to repeat.
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A small house will hold a hundred friends.
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The hyena with a cub does not consume all the available food.
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
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Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.
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