The fire cannot be put out with your hands.
More Cameroonian Proverbs:
What you don't know, you will not recognize.Cameroonian
If everyone is going to dance, who, then, would watch?
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There is no doctor on the day you die.
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Singing birds don't build nests.
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If the panther knew how much he is feared, he would do much more harm.
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Every smart man is an ignoramus who abuses his ignorance.
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