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Lack of money is lack of friends; if you have money at your disposal, every dog and goat will claim to be related to 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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If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
African Proverbs

Rain does not fall on one roof alone.
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The friends of our friends are our friends.
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Brothers love each other when they are equally rich.
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The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water.
African Proverbs

One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
African Proverbs

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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Cross the river in a crowd and the crocodile won’t eat you.
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