2049 African Proverbs / Page 7
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A good man gone wrong is usually a bad man found out.122.
A good man never stays in the grave forever, he always has chance to come back.123.
A good name is better than wealth.124.
A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.125.
A good reputation is something you must pay for, but you can never buy.126.
A good smile shows how happy the soul is.127.
A grasshopper that sleeps about will be soon awake in a lizard's mouth.128.
A gravestone cannot be used for grinding.129.
A green grass in the green snake.130.
A guard dog cannot watch two homes at once.131.
A guest sees more in an hour than a host in a year.132.
A guest who breaks the dishes of his host is not soon forgotten.133.
A hammer does not work with iron.134.
A happy man marries the girl he loves, but a happier man loves the girl he marries.135.
A hen's curses have never killed the eagle.136.
A herdsman must yell to enter the fence.137.
A home without a woman is like a barn without a yam.138.
A horse may take the warrior to the battlefield but can never fight.139.
A house is for a voyage but a tomb is for eternity.140.
A hungry calf cannot frisk happily over another with a full stomach.