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The best mirror of all is an old friend.
(African Proverb)
That you don't give birth too, you let him or her carry a stone on the head.
(African Proverb)
Sweet and sour walk hand in hand.
(African Proverb)
Soldiers don't cry.
(African Proverb)
Roaring lions kill no prey.
(African Proverb)
Patience over wins a lot of ill.
(African Proverb)
One's name remains above the grave.
(African Proverb)
One can see it but must not say, when the master of a house passes excreta in a pot.
(African Proverb)
No sin goes unpunished.
(African Proverb)
No matter how sharp a knife is, it can never cut its handle.
(African Proverb)
No matter how kind a man might be he cannot accept to share his wife.
(African Proverb)
No man is a hero to his debtors.
(African Proverb)
Music and women should not be dated.
(African Proverb)
Man's goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished.
(African Proverb)
Life is lived forwards, but understood backwards.
(African Proverb)
Judge not your beauty by the number of people who look at you, but rather by the number of people who smile at you.
(African Proverb)
It's evil to give meat to those who do not eat meat.
(African Proverb)
It's a friend who gives you advice.
(African Proverb)
It is only the foolish cock that believes the sun won't rise if he doesn't crow.
(African Proverb)
It is hard even for the most selfish man to eat fish in the darkness.
(African Proverb)
Instead of being near a pagan you rather be near an animal.
(African Proverb)
If you're not living on the edge..
(African Proverb)
If you want to sit under a shade in your old age plant a tree now.
(African Proverb)
If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes
(African Proverb)
If you put a bone in the dog's mouth it doesn't bark.
(African Proverb)
If you haven't done anything evil then you shouldn't be worried about devils knocking on your door.
(African Proverb)
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
(African Proverb)
If you close your eyes because of the bad people around you, you will not see the good people passing by.
(African Proverb)
If you are digging a pit for your enemy, don't make it too deep, for you may fall into it.
(African Proverb)
If stretching were wealth, the cat would be rich.
(African Proverb)
If a man rides on the back of a tiger, he should never be surprised if he ends up in its tummy.
(African Proverb)
How ever big a rat is, it can't threaten a cat.
(African Proverb)
He who wakes up early in the morning receives a bundle of blessings.
(African Proverb)
He who pursues a hatched bird teaches it how to fly.
(African Proverb)
He who never moves about appreciates only one's mother's cookery skills.
(African Proverb)
He who is close to you knows more about you than he who is far away.
(African Proverb)
He who falls, teaches others a lesson.
(African Proverb)
He who crosses a bridge to paradise and blows it after him is going to hell.
(African Proverb)
Having little knowledge is like having your hands tied around your neck like a slave.
(African Proverb)
Give me a fish and I will eat today, teach me to fish and I will eat for a lifetime.
(African Proverb)
Fire that is surrounded by elders cannot burn you.
(African Proverb)
Every action has its repercussions.
(African Proverb)
Even if you rease your clothes in very hot water you still need to dry them.
(African Proverb)
Ears that do not listen to advice, accompany the head when it is chopped off.
(African Proverb)
Don't respond to a mosquito bit with a stone because you will miss it and hunt yourself.
(African Proverb)
Don't enter a defecating competition against an elephant.
(African Proverb)
Despise not a snail for its slow and struggling movement; it has a destination and with time it shall arrive.
(African Proverb)
Call a cat a cat.
(African Proverb)
Better stay with the devil you know than an angel you don't know.
(African Proverb)
Be aware of a man with a sweet tongue he can lead you to buying bad meat.
(African Proverb)
Anyone who has sold an old lady, knows the price of an old man.
(African Proverb)
An empty sack cannot stand.
(African Proverb)
After the storm the sun comes out.
(African Proverb)
A wise man who knows proverbs, reconciles difficulties.
(African Proverb)
A sweet lovely voice cannot make a dumb person talk.
(African Proverb)
A small axe is not sufficient to cut down a large tree.
(African Proverb)
A river that forgets its source will soon dry out.
(African Proverb)
A person's character is like pregnancy it cannot be hidden.
(African Proverb)
A new broom sweeps well, but the old broom knows all the corners.
(African Proverb)
A man who lives on the banks of the river should not wash his hands with spittle.
(African Proverb)
A man is not a man until he has a house of his own.
(African Proverb)
A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.
(African Proverb)
A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
(African Proverb)
A gravestone cannot be used for grinding.
(African Proverb)
A genius is he who is first to be right'.
(African Proverb)
A father never resembles his son, it's the son that resembles the father.
(African Proverb)
A diamond doesn't lose its value due to lack of admiration.
(African Proverb)
A child's hand is not burned by hot yam which is placed into his palm by his mother.
(African Proverb)
The evil everyone does lives after him or her.
(African Proverb)
The cultivator is alone, but those who eat are many.
(African Proverb)
The canary that dances along the bush path must have its drummer in the nearby bush.
(African Proverb)
The best dancer comes from the sitting lounge.
(African Proverb)
That which is about to die doesn't hear the drum beating.
(African Proverb)
Sudden frightening occurrence knows no brave person.
(African Proverb)
Society is like a pot it can't carry water when its broken.
(African Proverb)
Respect yourself, and you will get it back.
(African Proverb)
Pain is inevitable suffering is optional.
(African Proverb)
One with more firewood than you, has more ash than you.
(African Proverb)
Once you've started a competition, you must carry it to the finish.
(African Proverb)
No problem is settled until it is settled right.
(African Proverb)
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