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Do not let what you cannot do tear from your hands what you can.
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There can be no peace without understanding.
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It is not the cook’s fault when the cassava turns out to be hard and tasteless.
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If you find no fish, you have to eat bread.
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The hyena with a cub does not consume all the available food.
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The friends of our friends are our friends.
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Only a wise person can solve a difficult problem.
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The goat says: “Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.”
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He who eats another mans food will have his own food eaten by others.
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To get lost is to learn the way.
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