African Proverbs (1906 Proverbs)
- When a monkey doesn't get a banana, he eats chillies.
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- When a cat wants to eat its own kitten it accuses them of smelling like rats.
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- What the gods keep for the poor, no man can destroy.
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- What grows quickly, dies quickly.
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- Until the rotten tooth is pulled out cautiously, the mouth will not have rest.
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- Your mind is like a parachute; it only works when it's open.
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- You get what you deserve.
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- You can't measure a snake until it's dead.
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- You cannot handle fire with your hands.
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- You can outrun what is running after you, but not what is running inside of you.
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- Words are like bullets; if they escape, you can't catch them again.
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- Whoever rides on the lion's back must surely end up in the lion's stomach.
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- Where there is a hippopotamus, be careful when passing with a pirogue.
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- When your neighbour is wrong you point a finger, but when you are wrong you hide.
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- When vultures surround you, try not to die.
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- When the bush is on fire the chameleon learns to run first.
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- When an old man dies, a library burns down.
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- When a man says yes, his personal god says yes also.
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- When a blind man tells you he is going to throw a stone, know that his foot is on the stone.
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- What the eye has seen, the heart never forgets.
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- What comes from the lips reaches the ears, what comes from the heart reaches the heart.
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- Until the old moon disappears completely, the new moon can not come.
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- Your greatest hope is your greatest fear.
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- You don't punish a fish by throwing it in water.
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- You can't order a goat to eat the hyena.
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- You cannot hear a baby cry in the mother's womb.
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- You can out run that which is running after you but not that that's running inside of you.
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- Words are like arrows throw them only when you know where they will fall.
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- Who walks in the mud, at some point must clean his feet.
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- Where there is a frog, the snake is not far away.
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- When your leg is sinking your whole body should fill it.
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- When two ageing good friends fight, it's because of an old grouch.
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- When the buttocks foul the air it's the head that gets knocked.
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- When an elephant eats and eats and still cries for more, it is the grass that will get embarrassed.
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- When a man raises his voice at home, know that he started lowering if elsewhere.
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- When a blind man is happy he gives money to his child to buy kerosene for his lamp.
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- What the elders see while sitting the young ones standing on their toes won't see.
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- Well-timed silence is the most commanding __expression.
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- Your food is supposed to be your medicine and your medicine is supposed to be your food.
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- You don't have to tell the deaf that there is a stampede in the market.
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- You can't inject new ideas in a man's head by cutting it off.
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- You cannot expect me to carry you on my back and then you say my head smells.
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- You can never sow rice and expect to harvest maize.
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- Without impalas and hyenas, the lion cannot be the king of the jungle.
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- Who takes a hut, also takes the rats and cockroaches.
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- Where there is a crippled don't imitate is disability.
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- When your house is on fire you don't choose who to help you put out the fire.
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- When there is a misunderstanding between the left leg and right leg the entire body falls down.
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- When the bells are in water they can't make any sound.
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- When an elephant becomes as small as a monkey, it ceases to be an elephant.
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- When a man curses his own child it is a terrible thing.
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- When a bee stings a man, he doesn't set off to destroy all beehives.
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- What reveals a man is his behavior in time of hunger.
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- Wearing a mended dress is better than being naked.
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- Your feet will take you away from home but your stomach will bring you back.
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- You don't have to lie down at the spot where your enemy has thrown you.
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- You can't hide the smoke when the house is burning.
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- You cannot exchange peace for war.
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- You can leave without a friend but never without a neighbour.
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- Without effort no harvest will be abundant.
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- Who owns too much, remains unhappy.
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- Where there are no fools, there would be no wise men.
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- When your friend gives your wife an expensive present, it's time to get suspicious.
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- When there is a big tree, small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.
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- When the big drum is sounded the small drums keep silence.
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- When an abomination has become of age it becomes a tradition.
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- When a man cheats on you once, shame on him, when he cheats on you twice, shame on you.
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- What's all the fuss? said the crane after the eel had slipped away
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- What our husband says is what we also say.
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- We shall not give the hyena twice.
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- Your brother's pocket cannot keep your wealth.
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- You don't have to climb the palm wine tree to drink palm wine.
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- You can't become a teacher before your taught.
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- You cannot dance without music though you can sing instrumentally without dancing.
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- You can learn a lot about someone by observing him when he is hungry.
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- Without fingers, the hand would be a spoon.
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- Who gets lost in the forest takes it out on who leads him back.
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- Where the young know, is where they believe it's raining.
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- When you wake up in the morning you see the other person's butt.
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- When the threads unite, they can tie the lion.
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