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Wisdom is not like money to be tied up and hidden.
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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.
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The food eaten first lasts longest in the stomach.
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One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali.
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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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A close friend can become a close enemy.
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A large chair does not make a king.
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Hold a true friend with both hands. 
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A small house will hold a hundred friends.
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
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