2049 African Proverbs / Page 92
- 911. If you want to fight fire, you don't wear a skirt made of dry grass.
 - 912. If you want to grow a long tooth you must have enough lips to cover it.
 - 913. If you want to improve your memory, lend someone money.
 - 914. If you want to know how long a man's tongue is, let him use his mouth to lick honey from a plate.
 - 915. If you want to know how the true story goes, wait till the arguments start.
 - 916. If you want to lean on a tree, first make sure it can hold you.
 - 917. If you want to remove a mountain start with one stone at a time.
 - 918. If you want to sit under a shade in your old age plant a tree now.
 - 919. If you want to smear somebody's face with mud, be prepared to dirty your hands.
 - 920. If you want visitors then you leave your front door open.

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