2049 African Proverbs / Page 124
- 1231. Only a well-taught groom deserves a bride.
 - 1232. Only birds with long beaks can drink from deep pots.
- 1233. Only the owner can free his home from mice.
- 1234. Only the person who wears the shoe feels it when it pitches.
- 1235. Only those who do nothing never make a mistake.
- 1236. Only what you have eaten is yours; other things may not be.
- 1237. Only when a tree has grown can you tie your cow to it.
- 1238. Open your ears to the ancestors and you will understand the language of spirits.
- 1239. Optimism is a mania for saying all is well when one is in hell.
- 1240. Ours is ours, but mine is mine.
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