The well gives, but the bucket refuses.
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If the owner of the goat is not afraid to travel by night, the owner of a hyena certainly will not be.Nigerian
You cannot roast corn with two eyes.
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The blind say that eyes have no sense of smell.
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The house roof fights the rain, but he who is sheltered ignores it.
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One does not love if one does not accept from others.
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Grass does not grow on the nose of a thief.
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