2049 African Proverbs / Page 144
- 1431. The fruits of a tree on the roadside are never eaten ripe.
 - 1432. The fuel in the lamp consumes itself but lights others.
- 1433. The ghosts gossip among each other.
- 1434. The goat eats where it's tethered.
- 1435. The gourd that never leaves the boozing centre attains cracks.
- 1436. The gourd's neck cannot be straightened in it's old age, it can only be broken.
- 1437. The grass may be greener on the other side, but it is just as difficult to cut.
- 1438. The grave only calls those death loves.
- 1439. The great tree chooses where to grow and we find it there, so it is with the greatness in men.
- 1440. The greatest crime in a desert is to find water and keep silent about it.
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