------------->tree

The wind does not break a tree that bends.

Sukuma

To love someone who does not love you, is like shaking a tree to make the dew drops fall.

Congo

Evil enters like a needle and spreads like a oak tree.

Ethiopia

The ax forgets; the tree remembers.

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It is the calm and silent water that drowns a man.

Ashanti of Ghana

Water always finds a way out.

Cameroon

The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water.

Cameroon

Taking water from the same well doesn't make all the wives' gravy taste good.

Cote D'Ivorie

The fool is thirsty in the midst of water.

Ethiopia

Two waterfalls do not hear each other .

Gikuyu

When you see clouds gathering, prepare to catch rainwater.

Gola

We will water the thorn for the sake of the rose.

Kanem

A child without a mother is like a fish in shallow water.

Mynamar

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