Famous Proverbs
2188 Proverbs about Africa / Page 216
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You cannot build a house for last year's summer.2152.
What is past is gone, what is hoped for is absent, for you is the hour in which you are.2153.
What use to cover a mend in the Mona Lisa with a crayon.2154.
When a dog cannot bite, it has a bone in its mouth.2155.
With much knowledge there is much sorrow, with much wisdom there is much weeping.2156.
Without fingers, the hand would be a spoon.2157.
Give a man a fish and he won't starve for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he won't starve for his entire life.2158.
When an old man dies, a library burns down.2159.
When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot.2160.
Even a close friend cannot rescue one from old age.