2049 African Proverbs / Page 12
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A needle cannot hold two threads or a mind two thoughts.222.
A new broom sweeps well, but the old broom knows all the corners.223.
A newly committed crime awakens sleeping ones.224.
A nice place is never yours.225.
A palm wine taper does not stop tapping palm wine because he once fell from the top of a palm wine tree.226.
A parasite cannot live alone.227.
A parent should not give up modelling their children because the ancestors too never give up on us.228.
A patient dually determined can fill a pot with water using a fingernail.229.
A person cutting the path doesn't know that it is crooked.230.
A person is a person because of other people.231.
A person is what he eats.232.
A person who has not secured a place on the floor should not begin to look for a mat.233.
A person who is always looking at the sky will never discover anything on the ground.234.
A person who is carrying an elephant on his head should not use his feet to tap snails on the ground.235.
A person who is not disciplined cannot be cautioned.236.
A person who is stung by a bee fears a big housefly.237.
A person who sells eggs doesn't start a fight in the market.238.
A person who wants to see is people progress must first set to look into their tradition.239.
A person's character is like pregnancy it cannot be hidden.240.
A person's cleverness is not shown by how many words he utters at once but how he utters them.