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"130 African Proverbs Quotes & Sayings

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To love someone who does not love you, is like shaking a tree to make the dew drops fall.

Love Does Tree Fall
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It is difficult for two long-nosed lovers to kiss.

Two Long Kiss Love
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The vultures would not land at the village in which there is a wise old man.

Would Not Which Wise
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Copying everyone else all the time, the monkey one day cut his throat.

Else Time Day Cut
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When a king reigns, it is thanks to the people when a river sings, it is thanks to the stones.

When King People Sing
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If the palm of the hand itches it signifies the coming of great luck.

Palm Hand Great Luck
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A flea can trouble a lion more than a lion can trouble a flea.
Lion Flea Trouble More
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So many little things makes a man love a woman in a BIG way.

Many Little Thing Big
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When I think of the others’s misfortunes, I forget mine.

When Think Mine Forget
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If a blind man says he will throw a stone at you, he probably has his foot on one.

Stone You Foot One
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Supposing doesn't fill the grain basket it doesn't fill the larder.

Fill Grain Basket The
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To neglect one’s ancestors would bring ill-fortune and failure in life.

Neglect Bring Life Would
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Happiness requires something to do, something to love and something to hope for.

Love Hope Something For
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A bird that flies from the ground onto an anthill does not know that it is still on the ground.

Bird From Ground Know
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You can not tell a hungry child that you gave him food yesterday.

Tell Gave Food Can
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An okra tree does not grow taller than its master.

Tree Grow Than Master
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He is a fool whose sheep runs away twice.

Fool Sheep Run Twice
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When your neighbour’s horse falls into a pit, you should not rejoice at it, for your own child may fall into it too.

Horse Fall Pit Child
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All heads are the same, but not all thoughts are the same.
Head Same But Not
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Even the fiercest leader in the world is overcome by sleep.

Even World Sleep The
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Birds sing not because they have answers but because they have songs.

Bird Sing Have They
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When a thing becomes perfect, it soon fades.

When Soon Fade Thing
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Only a medicine man gets rich by sleeping.

Only Man Get Rich
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Without a leader, black ants are confused

Black Leader Confused
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There's no virgin in a maternity ward.

Virgin Maternity Ward
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African Proverbs Quotes & Sayings