1. If you run after two hares you will catch neither.
   African Proverb
2. A chattering bird builds no nest.
   African Proverb
3. Only a fool tests the depth of the river with both feet.
   African Proverb
4. He who thinks he is leading and has no one following him is only taking a walk.
   African Proverb
5. No person is born great – great people become great when others are sleeping.
   African Proverb
6. A family is like a forest, when you are outside it is dense, when you are inside you see that each tree has it’s place.
   African Proverb
7. A flea can trouble a lion more than a lion can trouble a flea.
   African Proverb
8. He who is being carried does not realize how far the town is.
   African Proverb
9. Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
   African Proverb
10. Crying a lot does not give you peace of mind.
    African Proverb
11. He is a fool whose sheep runs away twice.
    African Proverb
12. Wealth is like hair in the nose: it hurts to be separated whether from a little or from a lot.
    African Proverb



13. A boat cannot go forward if each rows his own way.
    African Proverb
14. Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.
    African Proverb
15. Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.
    African Proverb
16. Knowledge is like a garden: If it is not cultivated, it cannot be harvested.
    African Proverb
17. No water without waves.
    African Proverb
18. Between true friends even water drunk together is sweet enough.
    African Proverb
19. All monkeys cannot hang on the same branch.
    African Proverb
20. When God cooks, you don’t see smoke.
    African Proverb
21. A tree does not move unless there is wind.
    African Proverb
22. If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for something.
    African Proverb
23. Even the mightest eagle comes down to the tree tops to rest.
    African Proverb
24. Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.
    African Proverb



25. Do not follow a person who is running away.
    African Proverb
26. It is not what you are called, but what you answer to.
    African Proverb
27. It is not work that kills, but worry.
    African Proverb

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