2049 African Proverbs / Page 75
1481.
The lizard that jumped from the high iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did.1482.
The madman, who throws a stone into a crowded market, forgets that his own mother could be hit by his madness.1483.
The man who counts the bits of food he swallows is never satisfied.1484.
The man, who eats alone, dies alone.1485.
The mind of a fool is like a broken pot it will hold no wisdom.1486.
The miserly man is like a fattened ox: he will give of his fat only when he has been deprived of his life.1487.
The monkey and gorilla may claim kinship, but the monkey is a monkey and the gorilla is a gorilla.1488.
The monkey is a good boxer, but his hands are short.1489.
The moon lightens well but leaves certain areas in the dark.1490.
The moon moves slowly, but it crosses the town.1491.
The more intimate the friendship the deadlier the enmity.1492.
The more mistakes you make the fewer mistakes there left to make.1493.
The most horrible sight on earth cannot put out the eye.1494.
The mouse says: I dig a hole without a hoe; the snake says: climb a tree without arms.1495.
The mouth does not eat if the feet do not walk and the hands work.1496.
The mouth does not forget what it tasted only one time.1497.
The mouth does not know limitations of its master.1498.
The mouth is stupid after eating it forgets who gave it the food.1499.
The mouth of an elderly man is without teeth, but never without words of wisdom.1500.
The mouth that eats should not talk, for it risks swallowing a fly.