2049 African Proverbs / Page 40
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If she can't dig or cook send her back to her father.782.
If someone is waiting for something important they wouldn't die until they achieve it.783.
If someone is walking towards you, you don't need to tell him "come here."784.
If stretching were wealth, the cat would be rich.785.
If sweetness be excessive, it is no longer sweetness.786.
If the banana pest doesn't die it will always reach at the ripe banana.787.
If the fish comes out of the river to tell you that the crocodile has one eye, you should believe it.788.
If the goat rejects the grass, its belly is full.789.
If the moon is with you, you need not care about the stars.790.
If the nail decided to malinger, it would not pierce butter.791.
If the needle doesn't pass, the thread doesn't follow.792.
If the rabbit is your enemy, admit that he can sprint fast.793.
If the rhythm of the drum beat changes, the dance step must adapt.794.
If the sun said it had power over the moon then let it come and shine at night.795.
If the throat can grant passage to a knife, the anus should wonder how to expel it.796.
If there is something one really wants to achieve, one is willing to go an extra mile and overcome the difficulties to achieve it.797.
If there were no elephants in the jungle, the buffalo would be big.798.
If they are offered winged ants, people will eat them.799.
If two brothers fight over their father's land, it is a stranger who will enjoy there sweat and labour.800.
If water were enough, fish would not take bait.