Young people can run faster if they are alone. Older people are slower, but can go farther.

A Luo proverb used in East Africa from Sudan to Tanzania says, "A young man can run fast when he is alone. Alone a youth runs fast, with an elder. Alone a youth runs fast, with an elder slow, but together they go far.

Questions and Answers on the Origins of the "African Proverb" quoted by Prime Minister Kishida [from "Weekly Daen Question and Answer #74" |blkswn publishers Inc.|note]

If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together. It's supposed to be the same nuance as [If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together.

You won't get far with this proverbial pair of youngsters.

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