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"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."

— African Proverb

Source not yet traced to a specific passage, so treat the exact wording as unverified. See disputed and misattributed quotes.

Not a Stoic. African Proverb is classed as Contemplative & Other: Voices from outside the Greco-Roman tradition, included here for reflection. These are not Stoic in origin.

More from the Contemplative & Other collection

• "If you are not willing to risk the usual, you will have to settle for the ordinary."
  — Jim Rohn
• "The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."
  — Bertrand Russell
• "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
  — Edmund Burke
• "Whatever you do in life, do it with all your heart."
  — Confucius
• "Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."
  — Jimi Hendrix

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