2049 African Proverbs / Page 13
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A picture is worth a thousand words.242.
A poor person has no struggles.243.
A potter eats from a broken piece of his pots.244.
A pregnant woman cannot claim to be a virgin.245.
A pretty basket does not prevent worries.246.
A proud heart can survive a general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride.247.
A puppy must not confront a large animal.248.
A raindrop does not spare the head of the notable.249.
A rat never goes near a cat's celebration venue.250.
A rat stinks, but it has its own home.251.
A rat with many offspring always sleeps with his door open.252.
A razor may be sharper than an ax, but it cannot cut wood.253.
A real family eats the same cornmeal.254.
A reflection does not see itself.255.
A regular fighter who discords peace is bound to be fought by his own anger.256.
A restless grasshopper eventually ends up in a birds teeth.257.
A ripe melon falls by itself.258.
A river doesn't flow through the forest without felling the trees.259.
A river doesn't run straight because there was nobody to advise it.260.
A river that forgets its source will soon dry out.