2049 African Proverbs / Page 65
1281.
Shall we kill a snake and carry it in our hand when we have a bag for putting long things in?1282.
Shame to the house where the hen crows and the cock is silent.1283.
She is beautiful; she has love, understands; she respects herself and others; everyone likes, loves and honours her; she is a goddess.1284.
She who gives birth to triplets cannot ask for a third breast.1285.
She who grinds millet should have wisdom about rainy clouds and winds.1286.
Silence brings wisdom of the ancestors.1287.
Silence cannot be misquoted.1288.
Silence gives rise to peace and with peace comes security.1289.
Slashing isn't digging nor is digging called sowing.1290.
Sleep is the cousin of death.1291.
Small matters breed important ones.1292.
Smile... heaven is watching.1293.
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.1294.
Snake at your feet - a stick at your hand !1295.
Society is like a pot it can't carry water when its broken.1296.
Soldiers don't cry.1297.
Some birds are not meant to be caged there feathers are to blight and there meant to fly.1298.
Someone who doesn't listen to others deserves not to be listened too.1299.
Someone who wants everything looses everything.1300.
Something that doesn't talk how does it refuse.