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The time you wake up is your morning.
(African Proverb)
The strength of the elderly is in the ears and on the lips.
(African Proverb)
The river does not move straight because it is alone.
(African Proverb)
The person who guards himself will not be destroyed.
(African Proverb)
The okra plant doesn't grow taller than its planter.
(African Proverb)
The moon lightens well but leaves certain areas in the dark.
(African Proverb)
The land is never devoid of counselors.
(African Proverb)
The heart doesn't wear rags.
(African Proverb)
The fruits of a tree on the roadside are never eaten ripe.
(African Proverb)
Tough times don't last, tough people do.
(African Proverb)
To be an ancestral believer is to be a good ancestor.
(African Proverb)
Those who master to climb trees with their teeth are in better position to tell which barks are bitter.
(African Proverb)
There is no venom like that of the tongue.
(African Proverb)
The worst person doesn't lack some good deeds.
(African Proverb)
The way a cat walks is not the way it catches a rat.
(African Proverb)
The time to slap a king is the time when a fly touches on his cheek.
(African Proverb)
The strength of a man can't be determined by is size.
(African Proverb)
The road to success is always under construction.
(African Proverb)
The path leads towards loved ones not thorns.
(African Proverb)
The noise produced by frogs in the well can't stop an elephant from drinking.
(African Proverb)
The monkey is a good boxer, but his hands are short.
(African Proverb)
The kola nut stays longer in the mouths of those who value it.
(African Proverb)
The happy man rises with the sun.
(African Proverb)
The frowning face of a goat doesn't prevent it being taken to market.
(African Proverb)
A leader is he who tells his people what they must hear, not what they want to hear.
(African Proverb)
A husband may be the head of a home but the wife is the heart of a home.
(African Proverb)
A good smile shows how happy the soul is.
(African Proverb)
A friend is one who knows every thing about you and still wants to be your friend.
(African Proverb)
A false friend is like a shadow their only with you when the sun is shining.
(African Proverb)
A dead cock never crows.
(African Proverb)
A child who is fearless is going to bring tears to his mother's eyes.
(African Proverb)
The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.
(African Proverb)
The corpse of a bird does not decompose in flight, but on the ground.
(African Proverb)
The buffalo's shit is dry on top when inside its wet.
(African Proverb)
The axe forgets; the tree remembers.
(African Proverb)
Tell your friend a lie, if he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
(African Proverb)
Students are the only consumers who do not want what they pay for.
(African Proverb)
Silence brings wisdom of the ancestors.
(African Proverb)
Remember the wisdom of your ancestors in order to become wise.
(African Proverb)
Open your ears to the ancestors and you will understand the language of spirits.
(African Proverb)
One who carries a pot of honey doesn't envy the sugarcane farmer.
(African Proverb)
On the day a monkey dies, all the trees are slippery.
(African Proverb)
No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails.
(African Proverb)
No matter how painful the loss, the bereaved won't be buried with the corpse.
(African Proverb)
No matter how high the vulture may choose to soar, the eagle will remain king of the sky.
(African Proverb)
Nicknames are the hardest stones the devil can throw at a man.
(African Proverb)
Monkeys don't advise there young ones to be careful on trees they just remind them of the distance to the ground.
(African Proverb)
Love never gets lost it's only kept.
(African Proverb)
Life is like a boat you move on when you paddle and stay in the same place if not.
(African Proverb)
It's too late to fatten a cow on the market day.
(African Proverb)
It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.
(African Proverb)
It takes a breast for a child to know it's mother and it takes a mother for a child to know its father.
(African Proverb)
It is only a mad dog that barks at a flying bird.
(African Proverb)
It is difficult for two long-nosed lovers to kiss.
(African Proverb)
In the birds' court, a cockroach never wins his case.
(African Proverb)
If you're caught in a trap then you're the thief.
(African Proverb)
If you want to improve your memory, lend someone money.
(African Proverb)
If you value piece and freedom you will loose it.
(African Proverb)
If you observe attentively you will even find wisdom in shadows.
(African Proverb)
If you have health you have hope you have everything.
(African Proverb)
If you don't know the path to the spring or swamp, follow the trail of broken pots.
(African Proverb)
If you carry the egg basket do not dance.
(African Proverb)
If water were enough, fish would not take bait.
(African Proverb)
If rain beats the teeth, the lips get the blame.
(African Proverb)
If a dog bites you once it's his fault, but if it bites you again it's your fault.
(African Proverb)
Honest advice doesn't destroy true friendship.
(African Proverb)
He who tries to shake a tree stump shakes only himself.
(African Proverb)
He who moves with each day is better than another who waits for luck.
(African Proverb)
He who has the choice has the pain.
(African Proverb)
He who doesn't listen to advise from others goes to his parents in-law smeared with faeces.
(African Proverb)
He who came to work never sleeps.
(African Proverb)
Haste and hurry can only bear children with many regrets.
(African Proverb)
Getting only a beautiful woman is like planting a vine on the roadside everyone feeds on it.
(African Proverb)
Everywhere there is a lot of mad even an elephant will slip.
(African Proverb)
Even when you dig a soft place, you still leave the garden.
(African Proverb)
Even if thin, the elephant remains the king of the forest.
(African Proverb)
During a storm you seek shelter under a tree and not the clouds.
(African Proverb)
Don't meddle with a family feud.
(African Proverb)
Don't be stupid to replace wisdom with knowledge because you will lose understanding.
(African Proverb)
Declare kinship with the hyena, and all hyenas are your friend.
(African Proverb)
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