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Shona Definition
Kunyange munhu akava nomwoyo wakaipa zvakadii, anowanawo rumwe rutivi rwaanosema zvakaipa. Hazvibviri kuti munhu abve angoipa zvachose.
English Translation
Ugly as the baboon is, it still will not touch a carcass it did not kill. However bad a person may be, there is always some wrong he refuses to stoop to, so nobody is wholly evil.
Cultural Context
“A caution against condemning a bad character outright, since even he has a redeeming side.”
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