2049 African Proverbs / Page 29
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Every frog is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother.562.
Every head must do its own thinking.563.
Every hill has its leopard.564.
Every misfortune is a blessing.565.
Every old man was once a young man but not every young man will become an old man.566.
Every time an old man dies it is as if a library has burnt down.567.
Every time you have something good there is someone who wants you to throw it so as they can pick it.568.
Everybody has been young before, but not everybody has been old before.569.
Everyone has a right to be stupid some just abuse the right.570.
Everything has a pattern and a partner.571.
Everywhere there is a lot of mad even an elephant will slip.572.
Evil enters like a needle and spreads like a oak tree.573.
Evil prospers because good men fail to act.574.
Fire does not make fire, only ashes.575.
Fire is always a good maid, but a bad boss.576.
Fire that is surrounded by elders cannot burn you.577.
Firewood yields ash.578.
Follow the liar right to his door.579.
Food gained by fraud tastes sweet to a man, but he ends up with gravel in his mouth.580.
Food you will not eat you do not boil.