The ax forgets but the cut log does not.
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Where water is the boss, there must the land obey.African
If you ignore your own relatives you will serve the outsiders.
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If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.
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We rest our legs, but never our mouths.
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We rest our legs, but never our mouths.
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Until a crab finds itself in a very hot pot of soup, it will never understand that water can be both cold and hot.
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