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One takes care of one's own: when a bachelor roasts yam, he share's it with his sheep.
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The pot-lid is always badly off: the pot gets all the sweet, the lid nothing but steam.
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We must blame the thief first before we say that where the owner put her property improper.
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Those who die through ignorance are many; those who die because they are intelligent are few.
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When you stand with the blessings of your mother and God, it matters not who stands against you.
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As long as there are lice in the seams of the garment there must be bloodstains on the fingernails.
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If something that was going to chop off your head only knocked off your cap, you should be grateful.
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The hand of the child cannot reach the shelf, nor the hand of the adult get through the neck of the gourd.
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Rather than an abatement of her viciousness, a witch gives birth to only female children and witchcraft multiplies.
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When your neighbor's horse falls into a pit, you should not rejoice at it, for your own child may fall into it too.
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