Umthi ugotywa usemanzi.
“A tree is bent while it is still wet.”
Values and good habits must be instilled in children while they are young and impressionable.
— Traditional South Africa Wisdom, South Africa
Source: Traditional Xhosa proverb (South Africa), public-domain oral tradition
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