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No one gets a mouthful of food by picking between another person’s teeth.
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Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.
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Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat.
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A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has it's place.
African Proverbs

Rain does not fall on one roof alone.
African Proverbs

To try and to fail is not laziness
African Proverbs

There is no medicine to cure hatred.
African Proverbs

Beautiful words don’t put porridge in the pot.
African Proverbs

If you marry a monkey for his wealth, the money goes and the monkey remains as is.
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A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character.
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