The nail that sticks out is the one that gets hammered down.
More African Proverbs:
If you want to know how the true story goes, wait till the arguments start.African
Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
African
Despise not a snail for its slow and struggling movement; it has a destination and with time it shall arrive.
African
Those who think there too big to do little things are perhaps to small to do big things.
African
No one knows the story of tomorrow's dawn.
African
A person who is stung by a bee fears a big housefly.
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