African Proverbs
When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers.
Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot.
Where there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.
It is the duty of children to wait on elders, and not the elders on children.
A fool and water will go the way they are diverted.
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the nation and its destiny.
Hold a true friend with both hands.
Peace is costly but it is worth the expense.
The one-eyed man does not thank God until he sees a blind man.
The end of an ox is beef, and the end of a lie is grief.
Where there is no shame, there is no honor.
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
He who has no intelligence is happy with it.
If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry.
A village never lacks a beautiful young woman
Sorrow is like a precious treasure, shown only to friends.
It takes a village to raise a child.
When the music changes, so does the dance.
Abundance does not spread; famine does.
He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony.
Harsh world, this world.
However long the night, the dawn will break.
If you want to know the end, look at the beginning.
For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today.
What an old man will see while seating, a small child cannot see even standing on top of a mountain!
A fool is a wise man's ladder.
Count not only my blessings but also count my worries and struggles as well.
Everybody has been young before, but not everybody has been old before.
Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself.
It is better to be loved than feared.
The path is made by walking.
A camel never sees its own hump.
Not to know is bad, not to wish to know is worse.
