61 African Proverbs

1. A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.
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2. If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.
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3. Don't set sail on someone else's star.
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4. There are no shortcuts to the top of the palm tree.
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5. When a needle falls into a deep well, many people will look into the well, but few will be ready to go down after it.
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6. For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
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7. Knowledge without wisdom is like water in the sand.
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8. Being happy is better than being king.
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9. To try and to fail is not laziness.
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10. If you offend, ask for a pardon; if offended forgive.
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11. A person with too much ambition cannot sleep in peace.
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12. Even the best dancer on the stage must retire sometime.
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13. A good deed is something one returns.
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14. Those who accomplish great things pay attention to little ones.
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15. Ugliness with a good character is better than beauty.
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16. The laughter of a child lights up the house.
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17. Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.
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18. He who learns, teaches.
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19. Patience is the mother of a beautiful child.
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20. He who refuses to obey cannot command.
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21. A single stick may smoke, but it will not burn.
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22. Seeing is different than being told.
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23. Rising early makes the road short.
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24. By crawling a child learns to stand.
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25. Hope does not disappoint.
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26. If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
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27. There is no medicine to cure hatred.
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28. A quarrelsome chief does not hold a village together.
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29. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
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30. You can tell a ripe corn by its look.
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31. When I think of the others's misfortunes, I forget mine.
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32. If you are filled with pride, then you will have no room for wisdom.
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33. A stream cannot rise above its source.
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34. No matter how beautiful and well crafted a coffin might look, it will not make anyone wish for death.
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35. Every misfortune is a blessing.
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36. Love is like a baby: it needs to be treated tenderly.
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37. A ripe melon falls by itself.
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38. A man who pays respect to the great paves his own way for greatness.
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39. Children are the reward of life.
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40. Lack of knowledge is darker than night.
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41. Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.
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42. Repetition is the mother of knowledge.
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43. Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.
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44. One must talk little and listen much.
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45. However long the night may last, there will be a morning.
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46. By labor comes wealth.
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47. Having a good discussion is like having riches.
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48. Ingratitude is sooner or later fatal to its author.
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49. When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
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50. If you damage the character of another, you damage your own.
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51. Rain does not fall on one roof alone.
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52. A friend is someone you share the path with.
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53. A tree is straightened while it is still young.
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54. One who relates with a corrupt person likewise gets corrupted.
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55. Confiding a secret to an unworthy person is like carrying grain in a bag with a hole.
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56. The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.
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57. He who does not know one thing knows another.
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58. One falsehood spoils a thousand truths.
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59. Every fame has a foundation.
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60. A feeble effort will not fulfill the self.
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61. Do not call the forest that shelters you a jungle.
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