The child is capable of splitting open the snail, not the tortoise.
More Akan Proverbs:
The puff adder that cannot fly has caught the hornbill that flies.Akan
The puff adder that cannot fly has caught the hornbill that flies.
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If you do not have sandals, find some, if you do not have gun powder, find some for a score to settle with you on the battle grounds.
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The tsetse-fly is perched on the tortoise's back in vain.
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Death's ladder is there for everyone to climb.
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If an ass goes a-traveling, he'll not come home a horse.
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