A mother cannot give birth to something bigger than herself.
More African Proverbs:
Even a healer's lies are a big relief to a sick person.African
It is hard even for the most selfish man to eat fish in the darkness.
African
The bird, which flaps its wings too much, will drop its feathers.
African
Villages that posses culture will never perish even though they may be small.
African
It is better to be kind to our neighbors than to cross the world to offer incense to our ancestors.
African
No matter how rich a man may be he cannot sleep on two beds at ago.
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