Famous Proverbs
240 Proverbs about River / Page 18
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The same rain that drenches the slave also drenches the slave driver.172.
A canoe peddler doesn't tell the crocodile he has along snout until he's crossed the river.173.
A man gets to the land of spirits when he passes seven rivers, seven forests and seven hills.174.
A man who lives on the banks of the river should not wash his hands with spittle.175.
A river doesn't flow through the forest without felling the trees.176.
A river doesn't run straight because there was nobody to advise it.177.
A river that forgets its source will soon dry out.178.
Any dead fish can flow down the river but it takes a live one to swim back up stream.179.
Do not speak badly of a crocodile when your leg is in the river.180.
However long the dry season takes a seasonal river will never forget where it used to pass.