2049 African Proverbs / Page 51
1001.
It is unwise for one to think that a hen will ever be accorded respect in the land of the hawks.1002.
It is when one holds the sacrificial lamb that he begins to seek the gods.1003.
It may take a lot of time to fabricate a lie but the truth only takes seconds to elevate.1004.
It rained on the mountaintop, but it was the valley below that got flooded.1005.
It requires a lot of carefulness to kill a fly that touches on the scrotum.1006.
It s the discontented fish that envies the solely bird.1007.
It takes a breast for a child to know it's mother and it takes a mother for a child to know its father.1008.
It takes a season for a snake to change into its new skin.1009.
It takes a village to raise a child.1010.
It takes a whole village to raise a child.1011.
It will be fool's hardy for the ant to chase an elephant.1012.
It's a bad child who does not take advice.1013.
It's a friend who gives you advice.1014.
It's always hard to convince a hungry person.1015.
It's better fast than later.1016.
It's better not to rise at all than to rise and fall.1017.
It's better to ask than to steal.1018.
It's better to be punished for telling the truth than to be rewarded for saying lies.1019.
It's better to break than to bend.1020.
It's better to eat a mushroom in freedom than to eat meat in slavery.