2049 African Proverbs / Page 120
- 1191. Not the place where I was born but where I hang my hat is home.
 - 1192. Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.
- 1193. Nothing on earth is greedier than the eye.
- 1194. Nothing wipes your tears away but your own hand.
- 1195. Of what good is giving birth when later there regrets of disrespect.
- 1196. Oh hyena, don't give me excuse to eat me.
- 1197. Old men and women in the village are books of history and wisdom.
- 1198. Old people's speech is not to be dishonored -- after all, they saw the sun first.
- 1199. On the day a monkey dies, all the trees are slippery.
- 1200. Once bitten by a snake you feel suspicious even when you see a piece of rope.
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