2049 African Proverbs / Page 24
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Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand.462.
Do not dispose of the monkey's tail before he is dead.463.
Do not eat the fingers that feed you.464.
Do not follow a person who is running away.465.
Do not grab your heel until the ant has bitten you.466.
Do not insult a crocodile while your feet are still in the water.467.
Do not laugh at the fallen; you may find slippery roads ahead.468.
Do not look where you fall but where you slipped.469.
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.470.
Do not run away from a pond of water.471.
Do not speak badly of a crocodile when your leg is in the river.472.
Do not speak of a rhinoceros if there is no tree nearby.473.
Do not step on the dog's tail, and he will not bite you.474.
Do not tell the man carrying you that he stinks.475.
Do not tell the man who is carrying you that he stinks.476.
Do not throw away the oars before the boat reaches the shore.477.
Do not try to fight a lion if you are not one yourself.478.
Do not walk behind us, we may not lead; do not walk in front of us, we may not follow; walk besides us, so that we may guide each other.479.
Do something at its right time, and peace will accompany it.480.
Don't admire the flying bird before you know the pain of flapping.