2049 African Proverbs / Page 4
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A coward always hides behind someone else after he has thrown a stone.62.
A cowardly hyena lives longer.63.
A crime eats its own child.64.
A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.65.
A day of hunger is not starvation.66.
A day you believe is not bad, is the one that becomes bad.67.
A dead body cannot urge over how it should be placed in the grave.68.
A dead cock never crows.69.
A debt may get moldy, but it never decays.70.
A debt may get mouldy but it never decays.71.
A determined hunter is never frightened in the jungle.72.
A diamond doesn't lose its value due to lack of admiration.73.
A difficult journey will make you daring and harden your will.74.
A dirty stick makes everyone who touches it dirty.75.
A dog cannot eat a bone tied to a snake.76.
A dog does not mind being called a dog.77.
A dog gives birth to a dog.78.
A dog knows its master but not its master's master.79.
A dog never forgets his master.80.
A dog returns to where he has been fed.