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Every hill has its leopard.
(African Proverb)
Even the small leopard is called leopard.
(African Proverb)
Even a close friend cannot rescue one from old age.
(African Proverb)
Don't underestimate the wisdom of ancestors.
(African Proverb)
Don't laugh at the nakedness of our ancestors because before their eyes we're all naked for our spirits belong to them.
(African Proverb)
Do not speak badly of a crocodile when your leg is in the river.
(African Proverb)
Cutting the ears of a mule will not make him a horse.
(African Proverb)
Birds sing not because they have answers but because they have songs.
(African Proverb)
Before buying a house, see who your neighbours will be.
(African Proverb)
As the dog said, 'If I fall down for you and you fall down for me, it is playing.'
(African Proverb)
An old man may miss his target with a stone but never with his word.
(African Proverb)
Always stamp your hunting nets where the animal is going to pass.
(African Proverb)
A woman who delivers a baby in the market square has nothing to hide.
(African Proverb)
A true friend is a special gift.
(African Proverb)
A son will be what he was taught.
(African Proverb)
A secret remains a secret only when one person knows it.
(African Proverb)
A puppy must not confront a large animal.
(African Proverb)
A person cutting the path doesn't know that it is crooked.
(African Proverb)
A man will show his true colours in adversity.
(African Proverb)
A man should live to prove himself worth of his own flesh and blood.
(African Proverb)
A mad dog bites anything except itself.
(African Proverb)
A lamb takes after its mother.
(African Proverb)
A home without a woman is like a barn without a yam.
(African Proverb)
A good day shows itself early in the morning.
(African Proverb)
A fly that dances carelessly in front of a spider's web, risks the wrath of the spider's teeth.
(African Proverb)
A dog that belongs to every one will die of hunger.
(African Proverb)
A corpse doesn't have time to cover its pubic region.
(African Proverb)
The eyes that have seen the ocean cannot be satisfied by a mere lagoon.
(African Proverb)
The death of a man doesn't make his wives men.
(African Proverb)
The chicken that sits along the road to eat shall never enjoy a good meal.
(African Proverb)
The black cow doesn't give black milk.
(African Proverb)
The animal that escapes the hunter's spear is only allowed to go.
(African Proverb)
Talking with one another is loving one another.
(African Proverb)
Something you think that is nice when you get into contact with it, it seizes to be nice.
(African Proverb)
Seeing is different than being told.
(African Proverb)
Pretend you are dead and you will see who really loves you.
(African Proverb)
Only a patient man can milk a lioness.
(African Proverb)
One finger cannot wash the whole face.
(African Proverb)
Not everything that glitters is gold or diamond.
(African Proverb)
No matter how tall a tree might grow it will always shed its leaves on the ground.
(African Proverb)
No matter how long the night is, the morning is sure to come.
(African Proverb)
No matter how black a cow is the milk is always white.
(African Proverb)
Never insult your enemy while you're laying down unless there is someone else standing by.
(African Proverb)
Men fall only in order to rise.
(African Proverb)
Life without battle is life without victory.
(African Proverb)
Knowledge is like a garden, if you don't cultivate it you cannot harvest it.
(African Proverb)
It's only when you aim at one spot that your urine foams.
(African Proverb)
It's better to be punished for telling the truth than to be rewarded for saying lies.
(African Proverb)
It is the spirit that walks a person through darkness.
(African Proverb)
It is not by watching a newly wed wife that she is going to become pregnant.
(African Proverb)
It is a person suffering from cold who will first think of closing the door.
(African Proverb)
If you've never been to a pit latrine, you will never know that cockroach is a chief.
(African Proverb)
If you what the hyena to eat a person then tie on him goats ears.
(African Proverb)
If you want to blame the fox, then blame the hen too.
(African Proverb)
If you see your brother being scalped, put water on your hair.
(African Proverb)
If you kill time, you'll bury opportunities.
(African Proverb)
If you give bad food to your stomach, it drums for you to dance.
(African Proverb)
If you damage the character of another, you damage your own.
(African Proverb)
If you borrow from an eagle you will always be looking up in the sky.
(African Proverb)
If the needle doesn't pass, the thread doesn't follow.
(African Proverb)
If an insect as ever bit you when you see it, you kill it or run away.
(African Proverb)
I have learnt your language so I can damn you.
(African Proverb)
He who will be a man can be seen from how he stretches is little manhood.
(African Proverb)
He who says what will I do will never lack what to do.
(African Proverb)
He who is not happy with the position of the sun should climb and change it.
(African Proverb)
He who gets annoyed of darkness ends up knocking himself everywhere.
(African Proverb)
He who doesn't console the bereaved will never be mourned by others.
(African Proverb)
He that fights for a ne'er-do-well has nothing to show for it except a head covered in earth and grime.
(African Proverb)
Gossiping about the enemy can result in a war.
(African Proverb)
For one to succeed in life, one has to work hard.
(African Proverb)
Every head must do its own thinking.
(African Proverb)
Even the high and noble bow before the barber.
(African Proverb)
Enjoy breakfast all alone, share lunch with your best friend and give dinner to your enemy.
(African Proverb)
Don't underestimate the determination of a quiet person.
(African Proverb)
Don't laugh at others.
(African Proverb)
Do not run away from a pond of water.
(African Proverb)
Cream always rises to the top.
(African Proverb)
Beware of time because it has the answers.
(African Proverb)
Bees sting him who loves honey.
(African Proverb)
As the dog said, As the dog said, "If I fall down for you and you fall down for me, it is playing."
(African Proverb)
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