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Shona Definition
Munhu agara ari murombo anongoramba ari murombo nyangwe akambobatsirwa nokupiwa zvinhu. Haana chiravirwa chokupfuma zvekare haana mazano okuwana upfumi nawo.
English Translation
Gifts can keep a poor man out of hardship, but they will not make him wealthy. Real prosperity depends on his own effort and resourcefulness — and, as the proverb puts it, on his ancestral spirit.
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