2049 African Proverbs / Page 67
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Tears never flow in the house of a coward.1322.
Tears will not stop flowing for someone who is crying for himself.1323.
Teenagers act like babies if they are not treated like adults.1324.
Teeth are all friends among each other.1325.
Tell your friend a lie, if he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.1326.
That what comes to stay has come it cannot return.1327.
That which got bent while growing when you straighten it, it breaks.1328.
That which is about to die doesn't hear the drum beating.1329.
That which is deadly may have a sweet scent.1330.
That which is exceptionally good is a forerunner of something bad.1331.
That you don't give birth too, you let him or her carry a stone on the head.1332.
That you eat in the morning passes you through the day.1333.
The always-hurrying person eats goat, but the one who takes his time eats beef.1334.
The ancestors may annoy you but don't make a mistake of annoying them back, they may annoy you forever.1335.
The animal hide can best be straightened and smoothened when still fresh.1336.
The animal that escapes the hunter's spear is only allowed to go.1337.
The ant that destroys a kola nut lives inside it.1338.
The antics of a market buffoon provide laughter, but nobody prays that his child becomes the market buffoon.1339.
The arrow that missed the head of its target will never hit the tail.1340.
The attacks of a wild beast cannot be averted with only bare hands.