2049 African Proverbs / Page 60
1181.
No plant comes to flower but to wither.1182.
No problem is settled until it is settled right.1183.
No sin goes unpunished.1184.
No sweat, no sweet.1185.
Nobody wages war with ghosts.1186.
Noise and hunting don't go together.1187.
Not all men who walk in the street naked are crazy.1188.
Not all the baboons that enter a maize field come out satisfied.1189.
Not everything on the body that swells is a boil.1190.
Not everything that glitters is gold or diamond.1191.
Not the place where I was born but where I hang my hat is home.1192.
Not to know is bad; not to wish to know is worse.1193.
Nothing on earth is greedier than the eye.1194.
Nothing wipes your tears away but your own hand.1195.
Of what good is giving birth when later there regrets of disrespect.1196.
Oh hyena, don't give me excuse to eat me.1197.
Old men and women in the village are books of history and wisdom.1198.
Old people's speech is not to be dishonored -- after all, they saw the sun first.1199.
On the day a monkey dies, all the trees are slippery.1200.
Once bitten by a snake you feel suspicious even when you see a piece of rope.