2049 African Proverbs / Page 36
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He who predicts or prophesise isn't the one who causes his predictions to take shape.702.
He who pursues a hatched bird teaches it how to fly.703.
He who reminds you or corrects you is better than he who slanders you.704.
He who rides upon an ass cannot help but smell its gas.705.
He who runs after good fortune runs away from peace.706.
He who sacks his wife because she eats a lot will end up marrying a cannibal.707.
He who says we shall hear what happened never responds to any alarm of agency.708.
He who says what will I do will never lack what to do.709.
He who solves a problem with a problem will always have a problem in waiting.710.
He who starts his work early enough is neither hit by the severe sun heat nor the burning sand.711.
He who swallows an old man vomits grey hair.712.
He who takes a light to find a snake should start at his own feet.713.
He who talks continuously, talks nonsense.714.
He who talks forgets what he said but he who listens can't forget.715.
He who talks incessantly, talks nonsense.716.
He who talks to you while travelling at night is thanked in the morning.717.
He who tries to shake a tree stump shakes only himself.718.
He who ventures into the bush should close his ears to rattling.719.
He who visits you personally is better than another who sends a delegate.720.
He who waits for the moon waits for darkness.