A newly committed crime awakens sleeping ones.
More African Proverbs:
When you give a friend a goat, you have to let go of the leash.African
A boy may cry; but a man as to conceal his pain.
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You ask for the ancestors' help and then help yourself.
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Haste and hurry can only bear children with many regrets.
African
You don't give someone a goat for a gift and still hold on to the rope.
African
If you dig a hole to bury a person but instead of burying that person you may be the one to be buried in this place.
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