The best morsels are never given to a beggar.
More African Proverbs:
Two is good, one alone cannot wash his back.African
Whether the knife falls on the melon or the melon on the knife, the melon suffers.
African
Anxiety will not let you die of hunger.
African
He whose mother is naked is not likely to clothe his aunt.
African
Looking at a king's mouth one would never think he sucked his mother's breast.
African
That which is deadly may have a sweet scent.
African