Famous Proverbs
2188 Proverbs about Africa / Page 114
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Hope is a good thing and good things never die.1132.
How come that when I lost my sheep and could not find it, I was questioned; but the hyena who was found with the sheepskin is not questioned.1133.
How ever big a rat is, it can't threaten a cat.1134.
However hot the sun, it will never dry the sea.1135.
However long the dry season takes a seasonal river will never forget where it used to pass.1136.
However loud an ant shouts from the ground, no one will hear it.1137.
I have learnt your language so I can damn you.1138.
Ideas are worth a dime dozen, but people who put them into action are priceless.1139.
If a bachelor who uses firewood for cooking runs away in the morning to avoid removing the ash; he will have to deal with it when he comes back.1140.
If a bird bills the rock then it trusts its beck.