2049 African Proverbs / Page 52
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It's better to eat pepper and be happy than to eat honey and be sad.1022.
It's better to fall from a tree and a break your back than to fall in love and break your heart.1023.
It's better to flee danger and be laughed at than to face danger and be mourned.1024.
It's better to know yourself that someone to tell you who you're.1025.
It's better to light a candle than curse the darkness.1026.
It's better to live with a dumb person than a liar.1027.
It's evil to give meat to those who do not eat meat.1028.
It's much easier to fall in love than to stay in love.1029.
It's not the aroma of the soup that tells you whether it's sweet or not, but it's the tongue's taste.1030.
It's not the monkey on top that make a tree fall but it's the work and effort of numerous small insects and ants.1031.
It's only a dead man who has everybody on his side.1032.
It's only the ant that hears the whispers of the sand.1033.
It's only when you aim at one spot that your urine foams.1034.
It's out of ignorance that a goat will attend a leopard's party.1035.
It's the big birds that teach the young ones to flight.1036.
It's the orator's wit to make a story appear old.1037.
It's the tortoise's shell, ugly and hard that protects its life long journey on earth.1038.
It's the young trees that make up the forest.1039.
It's those ugly caterpillars that turn into beautiful butterflies after seasons.1040.
It's too late to fatten a cow on the market day.