2049 African Proverbs / Page 42
821.
If you chase two rabbits you will catch none.822.
If you choose to lie down with dogs, you must be prepared to wake up with fleas.823.
If you choose to make friendship with a pig you must be prepared to live in the mad.824.
If you climb up a tree, you must climb down the same tree.825.
If you close your eyes because of the bad people around you, you will not see the good people passing by.826.
If you close your eyes to facts, you will learn through accidents.827.
If you cry and receive someone to help you cry more then you cry more.828.
If you cry because you miss the sun, your tears will not let you see the moon.829.
If you cure a monkey of its tooth ache its your maize farm that suffers.830.
If you damage the character of another, you damage your own.831.
If you dance with the devil you can't change him but he will change.832.
If you debark a tree don't expect it to live again; you can only plant another of its kind.833.
If you decide to dress up a lizard you should count for its tail.834.
If you dig a hole to bury a person but instead of burying that person you may be the one to be buried in this place.835.
If you do not have patience you cannot make beer.836.
If you don't eat mangos that fall on the ground, be sure to be strong enough to pick ones on the tree.837.
If you don't inquire, you're bound to make mistakes.838.
If you don't know the path to the spring or swamp, follow the trail of broken pots.839.
If you don't know where your going to then any road will take you where you're going.840.
If you don't mend up a small crack on the wall you end up building the entire wall.