The bird will not fly into your arrow.
More Ovambo Proverbs:
Supposing doesn't fill the grain basket; 'if' doesn't fill the larder.Ovambo
The person to whom things are brought does not know the length of the road.
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You cannot avoid what lies in ambush for you.
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Night is followed by day, famine by abundance.
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Coward, strangle your fear, or else you will strangle yourself.
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