2049 African Proverbs / Page 25
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Don't ask me where I am going but where I have come from.482.
Don't be stupid to replace wisdom with knowledge because you will lose understanding.483.
Don't beat the drums of war unless you're ready to fight.484.
Don't count the many times a man falls but those times he rises up.485.
Don't enter a defecating competition against an elephant.486.
Don't ever try to give a spear to a former mad man.487.
Don't expect to be offered a chair when you are visiting a place where the chief sits on the floor.488.
Don't give a dog a bad name in order to have an excuse to burn it.489.
Don't insult the dead.490.
Don't laugh at others.491.
Don't laugh at the nakedness of our ancestors because before their eyes we're all naked for our spirits belong to them.492.
Don't let a fool kiss you no let a kiss fool you.493.
Don't let your past dictate your future.494.
Don't look at the visitor's face but at his stomach.495.
Don't look into the eyes of your lover, or you will see what he has told many women before.496.
Don't loose hope no situation is permanent.497.
Don't make a goat your friend if your skirt is made of plantation leaves, or else it will strip you naked.498.
Don't meddle with a family feud.499.
Don't move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless.500.
Don't question a blind man for buying a mirror, it must serve him some purpose.