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Rich people sometimes eat bad food.
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The goat says: “Where there is blood, there is plenty of food.”
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An ugly child of your own is more to you than a beautiful one belonging to your neighbor.
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One person is a thin porridge; two or three people are a lump of ugali.
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By labor comes wealth. 
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He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk
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You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win
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Beauty is not sold and eaten
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A woman’s polite devotion is her greatest beauty.
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To try and to fail is not laziness
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