“Nature gave us two cheeks instead of one to make it easier to eat hot food.”

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Nature gave us two cheeks instead of one to make it easier to eat hot food.

— Ghanaian proverb

Book Title – Aboriginal Proverbs: Spoken By The Indigenous – Get the book

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Attributed to: Ghanaian proverb
Culture / tradition: Ghanaian
Published in: Aboriginal Proverbs: Spoken By The Indigenous
Attribution status: As published

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