African Proverbs (1906 Proverbs)
- Good actions are nourishment for youths, much more than words.
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- Those who waste time only hurt themselves.
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- Your feet will take you away from home but your stomach will bring you back.
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- You don't have to lie down at the spot where your enemy has thrown you.
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- You can't hide the smoke when the house is burning.
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- You cannot exchange peace for war.
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- You can leave without a friend but never without a neighbour.
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- Without effort no harvest will be abundant.
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- Who owns too much, remains unhappy.
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- Where there are no fools, there would be no wise men.
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- When your friend gives your wife an expensive present, it's time to get suspicious.
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- When there is a big tree, small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.
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- When the big drum is sounded the small drums keep silence.
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- When an abomination has become of age it becomes a tradition.
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- When a man cheats on you once, shame on him, when he cheats on you twice, shame on you.
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- What's all the fuss? said the crane after the eel had slipped away
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- What our husband says is what we also say.
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- We shall not give the hyena twice.
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- Your brother's pocket cannot keep your wealth.
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- You don't have to climb the palm wine tree to drink palm wine.
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- You can't become a teacher before your taught.
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- You cannot dance without music though you can sing instrumentally without dancing.
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- You can learn a lot about someone by observing him when he is hungry.
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- Without fingers, the hand would be a spoon.
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- Who gets lost in the forest takes it out on who leads him back.
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- Where the young know, is where they believe it's raining.
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- When you wake up in the morning you see the other person's butt.
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- When the threads unite, they can tie the lion.
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- When riding on top of an elephant do not assume there is no dew in the thicket.
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- When all the water has gone, only the largest stones will remain on the riverbed.
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- When a lion cannot find the flesh to feed on, it has no choice but to eat the grass.
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- Whatever nourished the goat until it grew a beard will continue to sustain him.
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- What never kills a herdsman never takes away his cattle.
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- We rest our legs, but never our mouths.
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- You wouldn't know how far the town is if you've been taken there.
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- You don't become an expert in five days.
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- You cannot work for food when there is no food for work.
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- You cannot cure a wound by striking it gently.
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- You can kill a man's identity on earth but you cannot kill is spirit.
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- With time an egg will walk.
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- Who follows the elephant will have no problems.
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- Where the heart sleeps is where you're bound to go at dawn.
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- When you see a rat running in a fire then what it's running away from is hotter than fire.
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- When the shadow of a tree is bent, straighten the tree, not the shadow.
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- When problems visit a man it arrives with its own bed and table.
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- When a tortoise embarks on a journey he doesn't ask for directions, because he does not want his enemies to know where he's going.
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- When a lion runs and looks back, its not that he is afraid, rather he is trying to see the distance he has covered.
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- What you may call small another will call it big.
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- What makes up an anthill is the effort and order of determined and organised termites.
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- Water that has been begged for does not quench the thirst.
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- You will never know the importance of the buttocks, until they develop a boil.
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- You don't give someone a goat for a gift and still hold on to the rope.
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- You cannot win a lottery without buying a ticket.
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- You cannot climb a bid of success with your hands tied up.
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- You can hide wine in a gourd but not in the belly.
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- With much knowledge there is much sorrow, with much wisdom there is much weeping.
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- Who eats too much, will then be sick.
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- Where the rain falls there is no hunger.
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- When you plant a yam it produces another yam.
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- When the river dries up, we will all see where the crocodile sleeps.
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- When problems come they carry along with them all their relatives.
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- When a stone is identified it cannot destroy a hoe.
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- When a king has good counselors, his reign is peaceful.
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- What you learn is what you die with.
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- What makes a sheep blit loudly the goat had already seen before.
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- Water is colourless and tasteless but you can live on it longer than eating food.
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- You shouldn't leave your own fire ablaze to go and put out your neighbour's fire.
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- You do not verify from your mother the authenticity of what your grandmother has told you.
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- You cannot stop planting cereals just because birds are going to feast on them.
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- You cannot blindfold a man and expect him to ferry you across the river.
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- You can beat a fool half to death but you can't beat the foolishness out of him.
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- With a little seed of imagination you can grow a field of hope.
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- Who does not love to dance, does not love to sing.
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- Where rain has ever been trapped before when it rains again it will get trapped once again.
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- When you lose on the drum-beating if the gods, you lose on the rhythm and pace of life.
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- When the rain falls, it falls on both the freeborn and the slaves.
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- When one tries to shake a big tree, he ends up shaking himself.
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- When a stiff-necked bull stands with its four legs planted firmly and refuses to move, you cannot make it go ahead only by pulling it by the reins and using your whip.
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- When a four-year child is still crawling instead of walking it is time to cry out.
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- What you help a child to love can be more important than what you help him to learn.
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