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A housewife who complains that there is not enough foodstuff in the market should remember that if her husband adds to what is already available, there would be more for everyone.
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A single bracelet does not jingle.
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With wealth one wins a woman.
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She is like a road – pretty, but crooked.
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When your luck deserts you, even cold food burns.
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If you don't stand for something, you will fall for something
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Where there is love there is no darkness.
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
African Proverbs

A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries.
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Don't set sail on someone else's star.
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