2049 African Proverbs / Page 39
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If a dog bites you, you don't attack it but you attack its owner.762.
If a frog leaves the swamp for the mountains, it means it is in danger.763.
If a man makes soup of his tears, ask him not for broth.764.
If a man returns from a long journey and no one says welcome back to him he feels like one who has not arrived.765.
If a man rides on the back of a tiger, he should never be surprised if he ends up in its tummy.766.
If a mother steals with a child stripped in the back what do you expect of the child.767.
If a soldier doesn't have ambitions to become a general is not a good soldier.768.
If a tree is cursed even its shade is unclean.769.
If all snakes live together in one place who would approach them.770.
If an insect as ever bit you when you see it, you kill it or run away.771.
If I see you often, I can't call you a visitor.772.
If it hurts to spend your money, you will go hungry.773.
If it is not broken don't try to fix it.774.
If it's a big man that is hurting you, smile at him.775.
If it's not here and now, who cares about what and when?776.
If money where to be found up in the trees, most people would be married to monkeys.777.
If nakedness promises to cloth you then look at its name.778.
If one didn't laugh, one would have to cry.779.
If opportunity doesn't knock build a door.780.
If rain beats the teeth, the lips get the blame.