African Quotes on Patience
Patience is the key which solves all problems. ~ Sudanese proverb Hurry, hurry has no blessings. ~ Swahili proverb Patience is the mother
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Ancient Proverbs
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Chinese Proverbs
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African Proverbs on Beauty
One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem. ~Ethiopian Proverb Beautiful from
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African Love and Marriage Quotes
He who loves the vase loves also what is inside. ~ African proverb It’s much easier to fall in love than to stay
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African Quotes on Family
A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has
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Chinese Proverb Collection
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. A bit of fragrance clings to
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Enlightening Latin Phrases
Amicitiae nostrae memoriam spero sempiternam fore – Cicero “I hope that the memory of our friendship will be everlasting.” Vestis virum reddit –
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Native American Proverbs
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Turkish proverbs
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Japanese Proverbs
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Chinese Proverbs
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African Proverbs
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African Quotes on Wisdom
Wisdom is wealth. ~ Swahili Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. ~ Akan proverb The fool speaks,
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African Proverbs
Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning
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If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down.
No, this doesn’t mean, taking off overcoats or heavy shoes etc! This is all about letting go of all the restrictions or self-doubts
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We learn little from victory and much from defeat.
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People change memories don’t.
Proverb Related posts:Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.Chinese Proverb CollectionTeachers open the
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Time and tide wait for none.
English Proverb The processes of nature continue, no matter how much we might like them to stop. The word tide meant “time”
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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Persian Proverb Related posts:It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?Keep your
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Is Better To Be Loved Than Feared
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A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice.
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We are too weak to follow our best judgement.
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A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor.
English Proverb Whether everyone’s on your case, you aren’t feeling motivated, or you just feel like you suck at something, we all
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However long the night, the dawn will break.
~ African proverb Related posts:I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.Quotes of Rabindranath TagoreThe aim of art is to
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A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries.
~ African proverb Related posts:Mother and ChildRobert Frost QuotesIf you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one.Whoever gossips to you will
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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.
~African Proverb Related posts:Best FriendsTop Quotes of Mahatma GandhiArt & BeautyQuotes of Rabindranath TagoreAlways forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.English proverbs
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You cannot tell a hungry child that you gave him food yesterday.
~Zimbabwean Proverb Related posts:Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. Ju…Chinese Proverb
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The chicken that digs for food will not sleep hungry.
~Bayombe Proverb Related posts:Top Quotes William Arthur WardLove is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.The aim of art is to represent not
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It’s much easier to fall in love than to stay in love.
~ African proverb Related posts:Art Should Comfort the Disturbed and Disturb the comfortable.Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningLearning is a treasure that
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He who loves the vase loves also what is inside.
~ African proverb Related posts:Art & BeautyAn Artist is not what you see but what you make others see.Vincent van Gogh QuotesRobert Frost
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There is always a winner even in a monkey’s beauty contest.
~African Proverb Related posts:Stopping by Woods on a Snowy EveningRobert Frost QuotesLearning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.He who asks
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It’s those ugly caterpillars that turn into beautiful butterflies after seasons.
~African Proverb Related posts:Art, Inspiration and MotivationKubla KhanAfter the game, the king and pawn go into the same box.African Love and Marriage QuotesA
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A pretty face and fine clothes do not make character.
~Congolese Proverb Related posts:Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.An Artist Cannot Fail it
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One who plants grapes by the road side, and one who marries a pretty woman, share the same problem.
~Ethiopian Proverb Related posts:English proverbs collectionThe pen is mightier than the sword.Don’t open a shop unless you like to smile.Teachers open the door.
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If ten cents does not go out, it does not bring in one thousand dollars.
~ Ghana Related posts:Top Quotes of Steve JobsPopular Quotes of ConfuciusKeep your friends close and your enemies closer.Learning is a treasure that will
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You become wise when you begin to run out of money.
~ Ghana Related posts:Thomas A. Edison QuotesPopular Quotes of ConfuciusHe who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not
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Much wealth brings many enemies.
– Swahili Related posts:Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.Proverb CollectionIrish Proverb CollectionBetter no law than laws not enforced.He who
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Dogs do not actually prefer bones to meat; it is just that no one ever gives them meat.
~ Akan Related posts:English proverbs collectionThe pen is mightier than the sword.Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.Be not afraid of growing
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The wealth which enslaves the owner isn’t wealth.
~ Yoruba Related posts:Thomas A. Edison QuotesKeep your friends close and your enemies closer.Chinese Proverb CollectionDon’t open a shop unless you like to
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Make some money but don’t let money make you.
~ Tanzania Related posts:Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he
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When brothers fight to the death, a stranger inherits their father’s estate.
~ Ibo proverb Related posts:FriendsQuotes by Abraham LincolnMark Twain QuotesEnglish proverbs collectionChinese Proverb CollectionTo know the road ahead, ask those coming back.Examine what
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Dine with a stranger but save your love for your family.
~ Ethiopian proverb Related posts:Best FriendsFather and ChildSistersKeep your friends close and your enemies closer.Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner
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Show me your friend and I will show you your character.
~ African proverb Related posts:Best FriendsSistersDo something right no one remembers, do something wrong no one forgets.Happiness is given way too much importance
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The friends of our friends are our friends.
~ Congolese proverb Related posts:Top Quotes William Arthur WardMother Teresa QuotesChoose a job you love, and you will never have to work a
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To be without a friend is to be poor indeed.
~ Tanzanian proverb Related posts:Best FriendsEnglish proverbs collectionThe pen is mightier than the sword.Bargain like a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.Bargain Proverb
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Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
~ Bondei proverb Related posts:Chinese Proverb CollectionTo know the road ahead, ask those coming back.Make your bargain before beginning to plow.Bargain like a
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If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
African Proverb Related posts:Top Quotes of Mahatma GandhiEnglish proverbs collectionTeachers open the door. You enter by yourself.A danger foreseen is half-avoided.Examine what is
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Unity is strength, division is weakness.
~ Swahili proverb Related posts:Weak seek revenge, Strong forgive, Wise ignore.You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a
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If the cockroach wants to rule over the chicken, then it must hire the fox as a body-guard.
~ Sierra Leone proverb Related posts:FamilyFailure is delay, not defeat.Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what
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A large chair does not make a king.
~ Sudanese proverb Related posts:FamilyKnowledge will give you power, but character respect.Do something right no one remembers, do something wrong no one forgets.Only
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An army of sheep led by a lion can defeat an army of lions led by a sheep.
~ Ghanaian proverb Related posts:FamilyHappiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.Knowledge will give you
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There can be no peace without understanding.
~Senegalese proverb Related posts:Happiness is given way too much importance these days, Why not go for greatness? Chimps are happy I …No one
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Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
~Kenyan proverb Related posts:Father and ChildTop Quotes of Mahatma GandhiThe time is always right to do the right thing.There comes a time when
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A man who uses force is afraid of reasoning.
~Kenyan proverb Related posts:Top Quotes William Arthur WardThe mediocre teacher tells; The good teacher explains; The superior teacher demonstrates; The great …The pen
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If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
~ African proverb Related posts:The mediocre teacher tells; The good teacher explains; The superior teacher demonstrates; The great …Teachers open the door. You
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Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
~ Guinean proverb Related posts:Mother Teresa QuotesMark Twain QuotesLines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens.
~ Ethiopian proverb Related posts:Donald Winnicott QuotesTop Quotes of SocratesData is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding…Walt Disney QuotesAlbert
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Traveling is learning.
~Kenyan Proverb Related posts:Donald Winnicott QuotesBest Steve Jobs QuotesLines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye
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Wealth, if you use it, comes to an end; learning, if you use it, increases.
~ Swahili proverb Related posts:It is easy enough to be friendly to one’s friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as
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By crawling a child learns to stand.
African Proverbs Related posts:Top Quotes of Mahatma GandhiThere comes a time when silence is betrayal.If you cry because the sun has gone out
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After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box.
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He who begins many things finishes but few.
German Proverb Related posts:Failure is delay, not defeat.But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep.English proverbs collectionBe not
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Better no law than laws not enforced.
Italian Proverb Related posts:FamilyDo something right no one remembers, do something wrong no one forgets.Happiness is given way too much importance these days,
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The man who counts the bits of food he swallows is never satisfied.
~African Proverb Related posts:Happiness is given way too much importance these days, Why not go for greatness? Chimps are happy I …Do more
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A patient man will eat ripe fruit.
~ African proverb Related posts:Top Quotes of Mahatma GandhiEnglish proverbs collectionThe pen is mightier than the sword.To know the road ahead, ask those
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Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you.
~ African proverb Related posts:Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a
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Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself.
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He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.
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Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.
Chinese Proverb Related posts:Donald Winnicott QuotesOur lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.Darkness cannot drive out darkness:
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Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.
‒Chinese Proverb Related posts:If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking.Popular Quotes of ConfuciusHe who asks is a fool for five minutes, but
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The pen is mightier than the sword.
English proverb Related posts:Donald Winnicott QuotesDo something right no one remembers, do something wrong no one forgets.Worthless people live only to eat and
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Italian Proverb Collection
A wise man cares not for that which he cannot have. After the game, the king and pawn go into the same box.
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Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
Spanish Proverb Related posts:I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.Top Quotes William Arthur WardWisdom begins in wonder.Data is not
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Bargain like a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman.
~ Hungarian Proverb Related posts:Top Quotes of Steve JobsBest Steve Jobs QuotesThe pen is mightier than the sword.Learning is a treasure that will
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Make your bargain before beginning to plow.
Arab Proverb Related posts:Best Steve Jobs QuotesKeep your friends close and your enemies closer.Don’t open a shop unless you like to smile.When you
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If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.
Arab Proverb Related posts:Mother and ChildArt, Inspiration and MotivationEverybody loves you when you’re six foot in the ground.By three methods we may learn
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Examine what is said, not him who speaks.
Arab Proverb Related posts:The mediocre teacher tells; The good teacher explains; The superior teacher demonstrates; The great …The Rime of the Ancient MarinerChinese
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Don’t open a shop unless you like to smile.
Chinese Proverb Related posts:Chinese Proverb CollectionTeachers open the door. You enter by yourself.Make your bargain before beginning to plow.Bargain Proverb CollectionDo not confine
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Love has to be shown by deeds not words.
~ Swahili proverb Related posts:Jim Morrison QuotesBe not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.Teachers open the door. You enter
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Bargain Proverb Collection
Bargain like a gypsy, but pay like a gentleman. ~ Hungarian Proverb Life is the greatest bargain – we get it for nothing.
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English proverbs collection
“Two wrongs don’t make a right.” When someone has done something bad to you, trying to get revenge will only make things worse.
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A danger foreseen is half-avoided.
Cheyenne Proverb Related posts:Most Popular Socrates QuotesThe Rime of the Ancient MarinerLines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
Chinese Proverb Related posts:FriendsBest FriendsAm I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?Everybody loves you when you’re six foot in
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To know the road ahead, ask those coming back.
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Chinese Proverb Collection
Don’t open a shop unless you like to smile. Each generation will reap what the former generation has sown. Give a man a
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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
English proverb If you have an enemy, pretend to be friends with them instead of openly fighting with them. That way you
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Because he lost his reputation, he lost a kingdom.
~ Ethiopian proverb Related posts:Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid only of standing still.Do not confine your children to your own
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African Quotes on Learning
Learning expands great souls. ~ Namibian proverb To get lost is to learn the way. ~ African proverb By crawling a child learns
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Irish Proverb Collection
A diplomat must always think twice before he says nothing. A dog owns nothing, yet is seldom dissatisfied. A hair on the head
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Native American Quotes
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Japanese Proverbs
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Turkish proverbs
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Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.
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African Proverbs on Friendship
To be without a friend is to be poor indeed. ~ Tanzanian proverb Hold a true friend with both hands. ~ African proverb
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African Quotes on Unity and Community
Unity is strength, division is weakness. ~ Swahili proverb Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. ~ Bondei proverb It takes a village to
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Random Provebs
Related posts:BrothersI cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.Darkness cannot drive out darkness: Only light can do that. Hate cannot
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A tree wont fall with a single blow.
Turkish Proverb Related posts:The pen is mightier than the sword.Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.Chinese Proverb CollectionHe who asks
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African proverbs on Peace and Leadership
Peace is costly but it is worth the expense. ~Kenyan proverb War has no eyes ~ Swahili saying When a king has good
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American Proverb Collection
A clear conscience is a good pillow. A contented mind is a continual feast. A good son makes a good husband. A harvest
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Dig the well before you’re thirsty.
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Ask advice only of your equals. Danish Proverb Anger is the only thing to put off until tomorrow. Czech Proverb The big thieves
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African Proverbs on Money, Wealth, Riches and Poverty
Make some money but don’t let money make you. ~ Tanzania It is no shame at all to work for money. ~ Africa
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African Quotes on Food
As porridge benefits those who heat and eat it, so does a child benefit those that rear it. ~Amharic Proverb The forest not
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Brothers love each other when they are equally rich.
~ African proverb Related posts:Father and ChildBe slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.Learning is a
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If I am in harmony with my family, that’s success.
~ Ute proverb Related posts:FriendsMother and ChildBe slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.Depth of friendship
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Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher.
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Proverb Collection
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