“If you haven't been to two marketplaces, you don't know which offers the best value.”
Comparing options through direct experience reveals true value.
— Traditional Burkina Faso Wisdom, Burkina Faso
Source: Traditional Burkina Faso proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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He who speaks does not know that the listener is smart.
A speaker should never underestimate the intelligence of those who are listening.
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One hand does not pick up the flour.
Some tasks are impossible to accomplish alone and require the cooperation of others.
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After beating milk, butter is obtained.
Sustained effort transforms raw material into something valuable.
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Everything has an end, except the banana, which has two.
A gently humorous reminder that, unlike most things, a banana has two visible ends.
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Every birth is the rebirth of an ancestor.
A newborn child is seen as carrying forward the spirit and legacy of an ancestor who came before.
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The hen cannot say thank you to the mortar.
One may benefit from another's labor without ever properly expressing gratitude for it.
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