Famous Proverbs
2188 Proverbs about Africa / Page 172
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The tongue weighs practically nothing, but so few people can hold it.1712.
The two hardest things in life to handle are success and failure.1713.
The visitor who goes away without eating never comes back.1714.
The voice that comes to borrow is more humble than the voice that comes to sake payment.1715.
The voices of the ancestors are the voices of the gods.1716.
The water in your well can be very hot, but it will never cook your rice.1717.
The way a cat walks is not the way it catches a rat.1718.
The weed that grows by the riverbank will not suffer the effect of draught.1719.
The white ant is small but it creates the great anthill.1720.
The wind that carried the mortar will not fail to carry the pestle.