God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now


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God can do anything but fail.
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Love don't love nobody.
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Once you go Black, you never go back.
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One monkey don't stop no show!
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Mama's baby...Papa's maybe.
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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
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When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion.
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He who does not know one thing knows another
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However long the night, the dawn will break.
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He who is carried on another's back does not appreciate how far off the town is.
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Everybody has been young before, but not everybody has been old before.
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Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself.
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A fool and water will go the way they are diverted.
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A camel never sees its own hump.
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A stranger in town is like a white dog, he gets noticed immedeatly
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When arguing with a stone an egg is always wrong
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One cannot count on riches. Somalia
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Don't set sail on someone else's star
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Be on the alert, like the red ant that moves with its claws wide open. Uganda
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One must talk little and listen much
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No one delights more in revenge than a woman.
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A crab does not give birth to a bird
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Singing "hallelujah" everywhere does not prove piety
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Much silence makes a powerful noise. -African proverb.
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Let rats shoot arrows at each other. Sudan
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A barber does not shave himself
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If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance
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He who lives with an ass, makes noises like an ass
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There is no phrase without a double meaning
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If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off your lips
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Before shooting, one must aim
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A brave man dies once, a coward a thousand times.
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When elephant steps on a trap, no more trap
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One cannot count on riches. Somalia
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Where you will sit when you are old shows where you stood in youth
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Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand
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He who boasts much can do little
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It is better to travel alone than with a bad companion
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The orphan does not rejoice after a heavy breakfast. - Cape Coast, Ghana
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He who learns, teaches
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The end of an ox is beef, and the end of a lie is grief
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The haughty blind person picks a fight with his guide. - Ethiopia
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Whether the knife falls on the melon or the melon on the knife, the melon suffers
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You do not teach the paths of the forest to an old gorilla
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He who refuses to obey cannot command. - Kikuyu, Kenya
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Being happy is better than being king
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A dog knows the places he is thrown food.
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Two birds disputed about a kernel, when a third swooped down and carried it off
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When a man is coming toward you, you need not say: "Come here
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A word uttered cannot be taken back
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We start as fools and become wise through experience
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A comb becomes bad when it hurts you
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Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole
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If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them
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When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled
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Poverty is slavery (Somalia)
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It takes a village to raise a child.
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The chicken is never declared in the court of hawks. - Cape Coast, Ghana
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The one who asks questions doesn't lose his way
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When making a fire people like to join you, when cleaning the ashes you are often alone
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He who talks incessantly, talks nonsense
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Sitting is being crippled
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A weapon which you don't have in your hand won't kill a snake
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Tears are best dried with your own hand
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When your mouth stumbles, it's worse than feet. - Oji proverb
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When the fool is told a Proverb, its meaning has to be explained to him
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The best sauce is cooked in an old pan
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Though the elephant's tail is short, it can nevertheless keep flies off the elephant
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When the music changes, so does the dance
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The frog does not run in the daytime for nothing. - Igbo, Nigeria
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when arguing with a chicken a grain of corn is always wrong
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Sorrow is like a precious treasure, shown only to friends
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Hold a true friend with both hands
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The sun does not forget a village just because it is small
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The fool speaks, the wise man listens
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To try and to fail, is not laziness
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Don't take another mouthful before you have swallowed what is in your mouth
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By trying often the monkey learns to jump from the tree
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harry harry bird lays one egg
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Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle
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If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree
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Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die
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One cannot both feast and become rich. (Ashanti tribe)
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The haughty blind person picks a fight with his guide. - Ethiopia
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Loose lips sink ships
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A mill cannot grind with water that is past.
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Don't cry over spilled milk
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Feed a cold; starve a fever
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You can't fit a round peg in a square hole
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When it rains, it pours
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Don't hide your light under a bushel
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Ignorance is bliss
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Always count the cost.
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The love of evil is the root of all money.
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The best things in life are free.
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Give a man enough rope and he'll hang himself.
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You don't put robbers to work in a bank
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A lean agreement is better than a fat judgment.
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The wish is the father of the deed
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Cunning men deal in generalizations.
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Don't measure your neighbor's honesty by your own.
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It is better to be safe than sorry.
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Variety is the spice of life
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It's never over till it's over
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A clear conscience is a good pillow.
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Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.
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Dreams are wishes your heart makes.
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If you look back, you'll soon be going that way.
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Hope is the nurse of misery.
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He that lives on hope will die fasting.
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Diligence is the mother of good luck.
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Arrogance is a kingdom without a crown.
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