Don't try to make someone hate the person he loves, for he will go on loving but he will hate you.
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Senegal
Added August 02, 2025
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A Wolof/Senegalese proverb warning against interfering in someone else's love affair. If you badmouth someone's beloved, you won't succeed in breaking their love; instead they'll turn against you.
"I told him to leave his girlfriend; instead he stopped talking to me – as the Senegalese saying goes, don't try to make someone hate who they love, or they'll hate you."
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