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Don't set sail using someone else's star.
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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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If you see a man in a gown eating with a man in rags, the food belongs to the latter.
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Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
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The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth.
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Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going slowly prevent living.
African Proverbs

He who marries a beauty marries trouble.
African Proverbs

It is not what you are called, but what you answer to
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The hyena with a cub does not consume all the available food.
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Love has to be shown by deeds not words.
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