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To get lost is to learn the way.
― African Proverbs

Don't set sail using someone else's star.
― African Proverbs

The poor man and the rich man do not play together.
― African Proverbs

He who eats another mans food will have his own food eaten by others.
― African Proverbs

When God cooks, you don't see smoke.
― African Proverbs

If you can’t resolve your problems in peace, you can’t solve them with war.
― African Proverbs

Cooked food is not sold for goats.
― African Proverbs

To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
― African Proverbs

A large chair does not make a king.
― African Proverbs

One cannot count on riches.
― African Proverbs

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