You can only know the fleas in the bed you have slept in.
More African Proverbs:
A man does not run among thorns for no reason; either he is chasing a snake or a snake is chasing him.African
If you are too smart to pay the doctor, you had better be too smart to get ill.
African
The snail leaves its trail wherever it goes.
African
If you have escaped the jaws of the crocodile while bathing in the river, you will surely meet a leopard on the way.
African
The sparrow says: "I have not eaten... so the parrot will not eat either."
African
That which is deadly may have a sweet scent.
African