2049 African Proverbs / Page 71
1401.
The downfall of man begins with pride.1402.
The drum is the favourite instrument of the spirits.1403.
The earth is a beehive, we all enter by the same door.1404.
The earth is a beehive; we all enter by the same door but live in different cells.1405.
The egg shows the hen where to hatch.1406.
The eggshell cannot be a mother of its resultant offspring.1407.
The elephant dies, but his tusks remain.1408.
The elephant never gets tired of carrying its tusks.1409.
The end of an ox is beef, and the end of a lie is grief.1410.
The evil everyone does lives after him or her.1411.
The eye cannot bear loads yet it can tell heavy objects from light ones.1412.
The eye envies, not the ear.1413.
The eye is a coward.1414.
The eye is not harmed by sleep.1415.
The eye looking at the sun will not need an adviser before it blinks.1416.
The eye of a snake is big but no one can put is finger on it.1417.
The eyes that beheld the chief don't fear for a court official.1418.
The eyes that have seen the ocean cannot be satisfied by a mere lagoon.1419.
The fall of a dead leaf is a warning to the green ones.1420.
The fish starts to rot from the head.