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AfricanProverbs

  1. Acts of God are like riddles. ~Burundian Proverb
  2. He who is guilty is the one who has much to say. ~Ashanti Proverb
  3. It is the person who knows how to shoot whom we put on the track of an animal ~Akan Proverb
  4. The laughter of a child is the light of a house. ~African Proverb
  5. If you think you have someone eating out of your hands, it is a good idea to count your fingers. ~Nigerian Proverb
  6. I have come a long way; the journey has exhausted me. ~Ngoni Proverb
  7. He who wants what is under a bed must bend over to get it. ~Kenyan Proverb
  8. The purity of your name is worth more than the purity of your body. ~Tunisian Proverb
  9. A Proverb does not answer itself. ~Maasai Proverb"
  10. The cleverness of one alone is a shallow well that soon dries up ~Ugandan Proverb
  11. A monkey left behind laughs at the others tail. ~Acholi Proverb
  12. Where error gets to, correction cannot reach. ~Ghanaian Proverb
  13. Who walks slowly will also reach the aim. ~Kenyan Proverb
  14. If the elders leave you a legacy of dignified language, you do not abandon it and speak childish language. ~Ghanaian Proverb
  15. Height is not to be hurried. ~Zimbabwean Proverb
  16. the jealous man loses his flesh by looking at the fat bellies of others. ~Congolese Proverb
  17. When the leg does not walk, the stomach does not eat. ~Mongo (Congolese) Proverb
  18. There is always a better man for every good man. ~Somali Proverb
  19. One who causes others misfortune also teaches them wisdom. ~African Proverb
  20. Only someone else can scratch your back. ~Kenyan Proverb