When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were taught the songs of the Wanyamwezi or of the Wahehe? Many of us have learnt to dance the rumba, or the cha cha, to rock and roll and to twist and even to dance the waltz and foxtrot. But how many of us can dance, or have even heard of the gombe sugu, the mangala, nyang umumi, kiduo, or lele mama?
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There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound by shallows and in misery. Julius Caesar
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As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.
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Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much; such men are dangerous. Julius Caesar
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Gallia est omnis divisa in partres tres. (All Gaul is divided into three parts)
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Veni, vidi, vici. (I came, I saw, I conquered.)
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Et tu, Brute.
[You also, Brutus.]
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Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.
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The die is cast.
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I will ignore all ideas for new works on engines of war, the invention of which has reached its limits and for whose improvements I see no further hope.
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There are children playing in the street who could solve some of my top problems in physics, because they have modes of sensory perception that I lost long ago.
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Do not be fooled into believing that because a man is rich he is necessarily smart. There is ample proof to the contrary.
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I came, I saw, I conquered.
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It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
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He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
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Which death is preferably to every other? The unexpected.
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I am going to Spain to fight an army without a general, and thence to the East to fight a general without an army.
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And are ye sure the news is true? And are ye sure he's weel?
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Men generally believe what they wish.
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Et tu, Brute. You also, Brutus.
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It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.
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Captain Renault: What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca? Rick: My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters....
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In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,...
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Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
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Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.
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Cowards die many times before their deaths: the valiant only taste of death but once.
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Men willingly believe what they wish.
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The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.
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Nature must obey necessity. Julius Caesar
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O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet! Thy spirit walks abroad and turns our swords In our own proper entrails.
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