Keep your friends close but remember to keep your enemies closer.
More African Proverbs:
No matter how tight a monkey's trousers are, there is always space for his tail.African
Those at piece, work for it.
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The quarrel of the sheep doesn't concern the goats.
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Life is like a mirror if you fawn it, it fawns back and if you smile, it smiles.
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The one who sleeps in his room knows where it is leaking.
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A coward always hides behind someone else after he has thrown a stone.
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