2049 African Proverbs / Page 2
21. 
A blacksmith has no need of an axe.
22. 
A blind person knows his environment more than a visitor with eyes.
23. 
A bottle that believes it's cracked to smile it will end up on the dustbin.
24. 
A bowl should not laugh when a calabash breaks.
25. 
A boy may cry; but a man as to conceal his pain.
26. 
A bush that doesn't rotate baskets must not grow mushrooms.
27. 
A butterfly thinks itself a bird because it can fly.
28. 
A camel cannot see the crookedness of its neck.
29. 
A camel never sees its own hump.
30. 
A canoe peddler doesn't tell the crocodile he has along snout until he's crossed the river.
31. 
A cat in its castle has a lion's teeth.
32. 
A cat keeps its crawls inside until it meets a mouse.
33. 
A cat may go to a monastery, but she still remains a cat.
34. 
A centipede is not crippled by the loss of one limb.
35. 
A chameleon can only change its colour but never change its skin.
36. 
A chick that will grow into a cock can be spotted the very day it hatches.
37. 
A chicken with beautiful plumage does not sit in a corner.
38. 
A chief in the village never sees the devil.
39. 
A chief may have more wives than he can remember but you dare not try to share his wives with him.
40. 
A chief should not create a new law when he is angry.
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