African Proverbs (1906 Proverbs)
- When a new saying gets to the land of empty men they lose their heads over it.
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- When a cock invites a cockroach for a birthday party, he has prepared dinner for himself.
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- What we get takes away our troubles.
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- What is past is gone, what is hoped for is absent, for you is the hour in which you are.
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- Used recklessly then s/he must have inherited the misused property.
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- You've seen many Komo, but you haven't seen the wild beast.
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- You may choose your friends but not your neighbours.
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- You can't spread a net to catch a bird that is watching you.
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- You cannot lock up science in one head.
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- You can stay a thousand miles away from home and still see inside.
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- You always learn a lot more when you lose than when you win.
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- Why they like an ugly person it takes long for a beautiful person to know it.
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- Where your mother is born, you can't call anyone a child.
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- When you're undressed then you're ready for anything.
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- When you are rich, you are hated; when you are poor, you are despised.
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- When the drummers change their beats the dancers must also change their Steps.
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- When elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers.
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- When a mother has twins she must sleep on her back.
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- When a child is asleep a mother's attention is on the child's stomach.
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- What we do with pity another would call it strength.
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- What is in the yams that a knife doesn't know.
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- Use people who have something to gain, not people with nothing to lose.
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- Tough times don't last, tough people do.
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- To be an ancestral believer is to be a good ancestor.
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- Those who master to climb trees with their teeth are in better position to tell which barks are bitter.
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- There is no venom like that of the tongue.
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- The worst person doesn't lack some good deeds.
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- The way a cat walks is not the way it catches a rat.
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- The time to slap a king is the time when a fly touches on his cheek.
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- The strength of a man can't be determined by is size.
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- The road to success is always under construction.
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- The path leads towards loved ones not thorns.
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- The noise produced by frogs in the well can't stop an elephant from drinking.
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- The monkey is a good boxer, but his hands are short.
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- The kola nut stays longer in the mouths of those who value it.
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- The happy man rises with the sun.
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- The frowning face of a goat doesn't prevent it being taken to market.
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- Tortoises only make progress when they stick there necks out.
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- To be able to love other people you must be able to love yourself.
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- Those who make friendship with a club shouldn't expect a good handshake.
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- There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing.
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- The world is story.
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- The voices of the ancestors are the voices of the gods.
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- The tiger that prowls quietly doesn't mean it's intimidated.
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- The start of weeping is always hard.
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- The rich have no heart, the lake never floats a pin.
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- The path is made by walking.
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- The new moon cannot come until the other has gone.
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- The monkey and gorilla may claim kinship, but the monkey is a monkey and the gorilla is a gorilla.
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- The kite in the skies doesn't feed on clouds.
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- The hand that tied the lion knows best how to untie it.
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- The frog likes water but not when it's boiling.
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- Too much happiness brings tears in our eyes.
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- To a man who only has a hammer in his tool kit, every problem looks like a nail.
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- Those who judge before they know the facts will learn to shed tears.
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- There is no point in living if we cannot take back our culture.
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- The world has changed dramatically.
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- The water in your well can be very hot, but it will never cook your rice.
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- The thread follows the needle.
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- The spirits are the strength and counsel to the living.
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- The restless grasshopper only finds rest in the gizzard of a bird.
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- The palm-wine we drink, some people can drink it and remain wise; others lose all their senses.
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- The naked truth is always better than the best-dressed lie.
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- The miserly man is like a fattened ox: he will give of his fat only when he has been deprived of his life.
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- The key that unlocks is also the key that locks
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- The hand assists the foot, but the foot cannot do the same.
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- The fox must be chased away first after that the hen might be warned against wandering into the bush.
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- Until a crab finds itself in a very hot pot of soup, it will never understand that water can be both cold and hot.
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- Too many cooks, cooking at the same time makes the day take long to break.
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- Time lost is lost forever.
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- Those who have not crossed the river yet should not laugh at those who are drowning.
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- There is no need to point out the obvious.
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- The world does not make promises to anybody.
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- The voice that comes to borrow is more humble than the voice that comes to sake payment.
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- The teeth that stink together are the ones to bite the meat.
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- The sparrow says: The sparrow says: "I have not eaten..
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- The raised hand cares not for its own recognition, but for that of the body below.
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- The opinion of the intelligent is better than the certainty of the ignorant.
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- The nail that sticks out is the one that gets hammered down.
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- The mind of a fool is like a broken pot it will hold no wisdom.
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