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Wolof proverbs about truth
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Nit la mu jëf la du la mu wax
A man is measured by what he does, not what he says.
Words cost nothing and can be taken back endlessly. Deeds are what remain, so you know a person by what they do, not by what they say.
Worms that live on mahogany do not know that dates are sweet.
A worm that has only ever lived in one kind of wood can't imagine anything else. If your experience of the world is narrow, you can't know what a wider one holds.
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