PROVERBS from the ASHANTI REGION
Rain beats a leopard’s skin, but it does not wash out the spots.
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There is no medicine to cure hatred.
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The lion that roars catches no prey.
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By the time the fool has learned the game, the players have dispersed.
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One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
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It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.
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No one tests the depth of a river with both feet.
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The ruin of a nation begins in the homes of its people.
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When you are rich, you are hated; when you are poor, you are despised.