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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica Jul 30

    Today’s African #proverb: A tree that cannot support your weight cannot crush you if it falls on you. Sent by Nicholas Obemeata, Edo, Nigeria, and Ebun Ekunwe, Carrollton, US. How do you interpret this proverb? https://bbc.in/2GSc2dj pic.twitter.com/7uoEo4AcIB

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      1. Omowunmi Fred-ahmadu‏ @owunmifreds Jul 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        A person that never added any value to you would not be missed if he/ she is no longer there

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      1. Lingas‏ @Skhomalinga Jul 31
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        that which did not uplift you cannot bring you down

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      1. jcniala‏ @jcniala Jul 31
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Those that can’t help you get to the next level also can’t destroy you when you do or what can’t hold you up can’t bring you down. #africanproverb

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      1. Jeoven‏ @IJeoven Jul 31
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        What you can handle will not kill you.

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      1. Tar Deux‏ @ArcaneAce Jul 30
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        Don't worry about the little things. One of the few clear proverbs I've seen here.

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      1. Irene. (O.O.E)‏ @Irene_OE Jul 31
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        People who are always remain small. A cog in the wheel doesn't stop the machine from running.

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      1. African Solutions to the African Migration crisis‏ @african_crisis Jul 31
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        'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger', e.g. surviving #AfricanCivilWar #ViolenceAgainstWomen #Famine #YouthUnemployment #MordenSlavery, or #MigrantShipWreck in the Mediterraneanpic.twitter.com/Ih1UFrpGwD

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      1. Maydus‏ @MadumereOkereke Jul 31
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        The proverb is saying: When the burden of others is made light through your effort so also they will respond to you when you are in need. Eg: In Africa, if you don't empathize with others at bereavement, when you suffer same people will not care.

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      1. JACQUES BOSMAN‏ @Bosman48Bosman Jul 31
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        ( 10. Th post ) Probable someone born in March who's strength lies in reason and intellectual creation.

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      1. JACQUES BOSMAN‏ @Bosman48Bosman Jul 31
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        ( http://9.th  post ) In modern or traditional times when looking for a king, one would be looking for a man that returned to care for his father's or tribe's herd after having gained experience in conflict with arguments with his people or returning from the city.

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      1. JACQUES BOSMAN‏ @Bosman48Bosman Jul 31
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        ( http://8.th  post ) ..... of life. ( A comparison ).

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      1. JACQUES BOSMAN‏ @Bosman48Bosman Jul 31
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        ( seventh post ) The tree of the knowledge of good and evil are like very old tradition that have become corrupted through arguments of it's purpose and use ( and people sometimes using it for good and other times for evil ). The reason of a words that are king are the tree..

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      1. JACQUES BOSMAN‏ @Bosman48Bosman Jul 31
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        ( post six ) The "tree of good and evil" is sealed holy scriptures of course, that stands in the middle of the garden of Eden. God's book ... with other words ... the king's book. ( With it, through the king.. also the tree of life ).

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      1. JACQUES BOSMAN‏ @Bosman48Bosman Jul 31
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        ( Fifth post ) That is why a king is recognized and chosen by how he manages and protects the herd.. as the herd represents these sayings, management is applied to guiding peoples reason in relation to the herd, and protection againsts wild animals are ptotection of tradition.

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      1. JACQUES BOSMAN‏ @Bosman48Bosman Jul 31
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        ( Fourth post ) ... holy scriptures and traditional sayings are that holy scriptures are more complex sayings meant for kings, where traditional sayings are meant for the people.

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      1. JACQUES BOSMAN‏ @Bosman48Bosman Jul 31
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        ( Third post ) The wisdom of insight to explain these traditional sayings I developed through my understanding of holy scriptures. As "the tree of knowledge of good and evil" must be a book that contains concealed knowledge and wisdom. Only difference between holy..

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      1. JACQUES BOSMAN‏ @Bosman48Bosman Jul 31
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        ( second post) In modern times it can also be a ( branch of tree - argument ) of a policy or philosophy.

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      1. JACQUES BOSMAN‏ @Bosman48Bosman Jul 31
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        A tradition that cannot support you by strengthening your rightious or mental values or your argument of a more reasonable way, cannot crush you if the community agrees with you.

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      1. Houdini‏ @JoudiniHoudini Jul 31
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        I love this. So linear and clear, yet so deep.

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      1. Malcolm Garvey‏ @Elijahmalcolm Jul 31
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        Why Africa------and China partnership can be a really great thing Some great examples http://s1.zetaboards.com/Express_Yourself/topic/8329541/1/ …

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