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Better to have bread and an onion with peace than stuffed fowl with strife.142.
Heaven on earth is to be found on horseback, reading books and between a woman's breasts.143.
If I had two loaves of bread, I would sell one and buy hyacinths, for they would feed my soul.144.
Make do with bread and butter until God can bring you jam.145.
Preparing cocoyams for planting does not mean that they are already planted.146.
A mouse that removes the palm-nut that turns out to be the bait of a trap, would already have known that the palm-nut does not ripen on the ground.147.
It is a pot of water that is already half full that the world would like to help in filling to the brim.148.
A housewife who complains that there is not enough foodstuff in the market should remember that if her husband adds to what is already available, there would be more for everyone.149.
Our examples are like seeds on a windy day, they spread far and wide.150.
When the roots of a tree begin to decay, it spreads death to the branches.151.
The elephant's track treads out the camel's.152.
A needle cannot hold two threads or a mind two thoughts.153.
It is the path of the needle that the thread is accustomed to follow.154.
What lowers itself is ready to fall.155.
The thread follows the needle.156.
If the needle doesn't pass, the thread doesn't follow.157.
When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it.158.
Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.159.
A snail that doesn't crawl with its shell should be ready to die.160.
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