2049 African Proverbs / Page 6
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A fool and water will go the way they are diverted.102.
A fool looks for dung where the cow never browsed.103.
A fool may chance to put something into a wise man's head.104.
A foolish head weakens the feet.105.
A foot must never quarrel with the ground.106.
A foreign cock can never crow in a foreign country.107.
A forest cannot be cut with a broken axe.108.
A friend is one who knows every thing about you and still wants to be your friend.109.
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.110.
A friend who fawns is better than an enemy who smiles.111.
A genius is he who is first to be right'.112.
A gentle politician doesn't promise to build bridges where there is no water.113.
A genuine gift is like water when it flows out it can never return.114.
A girl's patience can only be recognised by how long she keeps her virginity.115.
A goat does not always graze in the same place.116.
A good beginning is a halfway a battle won.117.
A good day shows itself early in the morning.118.
A good deed is something one returns.119.
A good devil is as equal as to a bad god.120.
A good leader was once a good follower.