Though the elephant's tail is short, it can nevertheless keep flies off the elephant
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KARL AMMANN Maybe,' he said hesitantly, 'maybe there is a beast.'
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WILLIAM GOLDING Love or hatred calls for self-surrender. He cuts a fine figure, the warm-blooded, prosperous man, so...
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate.
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AFRICAN PROVERB One cannot count on riches. Somalia
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AFRICAN PROVERB Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB Family must look out for family.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB Black people must stop acting like crabs in a barrel and work together.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB God can do anything but fail.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB A liar will steal and a thief will kill
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB Life is short and full of blisters
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB Jealous? Hate the game and not the player.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB Love don't love nobody.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB Money talks - everything else walks
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB Once you go Black, you never go back.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB A man who does not respect his own mother is absolutely no good.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB If you'll lie you'll steal and if you'll steal you'll kill.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN PROVERB One monkey don't stop no show!
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AFRICAN PROVERBS Hold a true friend with both hands. - Kanuri proverb, Nigeria
AFRICAN PROVERBS Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
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PROVERB Try and trust will move mountains.
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PROVERB Make peace with man and war with your sins.
PROVERB A sin confessed is half forgiven.
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PROVERB Attack is the best form of defense.
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PROVERB When we don't have what we like, we must like what we have.
PROVERB It is better to be safe than sorry.
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