Famous African Proverb Quotations

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"When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you."
by African proverb
"Wherever man goes to dwell his character goes with him."
by African Proverb
"Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors."
by African Proverb
"Indecision is like a stepchild: if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water."
by African Proverb
"God makes three requests of his children: Do the best you can, where you are, with what you have, now"
by African-American Proverb
"A camel never sees its own hump."
by African Proverb
"A fool and water will go the way they are diverted."
by African Proverb
"Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself."
by African Proverb
"Everybody has been young before, but not everybody has been old before."
by African Proverb
"God conceals himself from the mind of man, but reveals himself to his heart."
by African Proverb
"Give a man a fish and he won't starve for a day. Teach a man how to fish and he won't starve for his entire life."
by African proverb
"However long the night, the dawn will break."
by African Proverb
"If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry."
by African Proverb
"Indecision is like a stepchild if he does not wash his hands, he is called dirty, if he does, he is wasting water."
by African Proverb
"It takes a village to raise a child."
by African Proverb
"Not to know is bad not to wish to know is worse."
by African Proverb
"Perhaps you do not understand me because you do not love me."
by West African proverb
"When an old man dies, a library burns down."
by African proverb
"When elephants fight, it is the grass who suffers."
by African Proverb
"When the mouth stumbles, it is worse than the foot."
by West African Proverb
"Where there is no shame, there is no honor."
by African Proverb
"When deeds speak, words are nothing."
by African Proverb
"Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter."
by African proverb
"Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped."
by African Proverb
"Only a fool tests the depth of the water with both feet."
by African Proverb
"Until the lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter."
by African Proverb
"He who does not know one thing knows another"
by African Proverb
"The hand that rocks the cradle rules the nation and its destiny."
by African Proverb
"If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong."
by African Proverb
"No matter how full the river, it still wants to grow."
by African Proverb
"When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion."
by African Proverb
"Whatever accomplishment you boast of in the world, there is someone better than you."
by African Proverb
"When elephants fight it is the grass that suffers."
by African Proverb
"If there is no enemy within, the enemy without can do you no harm."
by African Proverb


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