2049 African Proverbs / Page 129
- 1281. Shall we kill a snake and carry it in our hand when we have a bag for putting long things in?
 - 1282. Shame to the house where the hen crows and the cock is silent.
- 1283. She is beautiful; she has love, understands; she respects herself and others; everyone likes, loves and honours her; she is a goddess.
- 1284. She who gives birth to triplets cannot ask for a third breast.
- 1285. She who grinds millet should have wisdom about rainy clouds and winds.
- 1286. Silence brings wisdom of the ancestors.
- 1287. Silence cannot be misquoted.
- 1288. Silence gives rise to peace and with peace comes security.
- 1289. Slashing isn't digging nor is digging called sowing.
- 1290. Sleep is the cousin of death.
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