A man has to hold his mouth open a long time before a roasted partridge flies into it.
More African Proverbs:
He who fears fire cannot be a leader.African
All great truths begins as blasphemies.
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Better a calamity to be far away.
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When you're a stranger in a land, if good comes to it may you have you share and if bad comes let it go to the owners of the land who know what gods should be appeased.
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You may say the cassava in your mouth is bitter, but it is only looking at the next one.
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It is easier to carry an empty cup than one that is filled to the brim.
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