2049 African Proverbs / Page 134
- 1331. That you don't give birth too, you let him or her carry a stone on the head.
 - 1332. That you eat in the morning passes you through the day.
- 1333. The always-hurrying person eats goat, but the one who takes his time eats beef.
- 1334. The ancestors may annoy you but don't make a mistake of annoying them back, they may annoy you forever.
- 1335. The animal hide can best be straightened and smoothened when still fresh.
- 1336. The animal that escapes the hunter's spear is only allowed to go.
- 1337. The ant that destroys a kola nut lives inside it.
- 1338. The antics of a market buffoon provide laughter, but nobody prays that his child becomes the market buffoon.
- 1339. The arrow that missed the head of its target will never hit the tail.
- 1340. The attacks of a wild beast cannot be averted with only bare hands.
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