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Every woman is beautiful until she speaks.
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Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
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One cannot both feast and become rich.
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The forest not only hides man’s enemies but its full of man’s medicine, healing power and food.
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Wealth diminishes with usage; learning increases with use.
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth.
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An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep
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Dress up a stick and it’ll be a beautiful bride.
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Only a fool tests the depth of the river with both feet.
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